carvallo

Spanish

Alternative forms

carballo

Etymology

From Galician carballo. Further etymology unknown; possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /karˈbaʎo/, [karˈβaʎo]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /karˈbaɟ͡ʝo/, [karˈβaʝo]

Noun

carvallo m (plural carvallos)

(Spain) oak
(Spain) Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)

Synonyms

(oak): roble
(Portuguese oak): quejigo, rebollo

Further reading

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

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