cabresto

English

Noun

cabresto (plural cabrestos)

  1. A halter (headpiece for animal).
    • 1851, Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 274:
      It is said that if a cabresto is laid round the sleeping traveller , the snake will not get within it.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century; inherited from Latin capistrum.

Noun

cabresto m (plural cabrestos)

  1. halter (Alternative form of cabestro)
    Synonyms: trela, xácoma

References
  • “cabresto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.

Mirandese

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɐˈbɾeʃ.tu/

Adjective

cabresto (masculine plural cabrestos, feminine singular cabresta, feminine plural cabrestas)

  1. (derogatory) idiot, fool, moron

Further reading

“cabresto” in MIRANDA DO DOURO

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabresto, inherited from Latin capistrum. Doublet of the borrowing capistro.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈbɾes.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈbɾeʃ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈbɾes.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈbɾeʃ.tu/ [kɐˈβɾeʃ.tu]

  • Hyphenation: ca‧bres‧to

Noun

cabresto m (plural cabrestos)

  1. halter (animal’s headgear)
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