caballo de vapor

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • CV (initialism)

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kaˌbaʝo de baˈpoɾ/ [kaˌβ̞a.ʝo ð̞e β̞aˈpoɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kaˌbaʎo de baˈpoɾ/ [kaˌβ̞a.ʎo ð̞e β̞aˈpoɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kaˌbaʃo de baˈpoɾ/ [kaˌβ̞a.ʃo ð̞e β̞aˈpoɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kaˌbaʒo de baˈpoɾ/ [kaˌβ̞a.ʒo ð̞e β̞aˈpoɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llo de va‧por

Noun

caballo de vapor m (plural caballos de vapor)

  1. horsepower
    Synonym: caballo de fuerza

Further reading

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