cachalote

English

Noun

cachalote (plural cachalotes)

Alternative form of cacholote

Galician

Noun

cachalote m (plural cachalotes)

sperm whale

Portuguese

Etymology

From cachola +‎ -ote.

Noun

cachalote m (plural cachalotes)

cachalot, sperm whale

Descendants

→ Catalan: catxalot
→ French: cachalot (see there for further descendants)
→ Spanish: cachalote

Further reading

“cachalote” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese cachalote

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃaˈlote/, [kat͡ʃaˈlot̪e]

Noun

cachalote m (plural cachalotes)

cachalot, sperm whale

Further reading

“cachalote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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