Etymology

From Late LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Late Latin#CAVALCARECategory:Italian terms derived from Late Latin#CAVALCARE caballicāre, from LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#CAVALCARE caballus. Compare Portuguese cavalgar, Spanish cabalgar, Galician cabalgar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.valˈka.re/Category:Italian 4-syllable words#CAVALCARECategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#CAVALCARE
• Rhymes: -areCategory:Rhymes:Italian/are#CAVALCARECategory:Rhymes:Italian/are/4 syllables#CAVALCARE
• Hyphenation: ca‧val‧cà‧re

Verb

cavalcàre (first-person singular present cavàlcoCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#CAVALCARE, first-person singular past historic cavalcàiCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#CAVALCARE, past participle cavalcàtoCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#CAVALCARE, auxiliary avéreCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#CAVALCARE)Category:Italian lemmas#CAVALCARECategory:Italian verbs#CAVALCARECategory:Italian verbs ending in -are#CAVALCARECategory:Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary#CAVALCARECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CAVALCARECategory:Pages with entries#CAVALCARECategory:Pages with 1 entry#CAVALCARE

1. (ambitransitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#CAVALCARECategory:Italian intransitive verbs#CAVALCARE) to ride (a horse) [auxiliary avere]
   • c. 13^th century, Ricordano Malespini, “Come Athalan hebbe tre figliuoli, e di Italia per cui fu nominata”, in Historia antica‎, published 1568, page 2:

     lo sicondo hebbe nome Dardano, lo quale fue il primo cavaliere del mondo, e che in prima cavalcò cavallo

     The second one was named Dardanus, which was the world's first horseman, and which rode a horse for the first time ever

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2. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#CAVALCARE, figurative, by extension) to sit astride on
3. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#CAVALCARE, archaicCategory:Italian terms with archaic senses#CAVALCARE, by extension) to pass by (a place) with a horse
4. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#CAVALCARE) to take advantage of (a situation created by someone else); to be opportunistic; to ride the wave
5. (figurative, transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#CAVALCARE) to span (to traverse the distance between, of a bridge etc.)

   Synonym: attraversare

   • 2019 June 4, Luigi Ippolito, “Trump cavalca la Brexit: «Faremo accordi fenomenali»”, in Corriere della Sera‎:

     Trump cavalca la Brexit: «Faremo accordi fenomenali»

     Trump jumped on the Brexit bandwagon: "We will make phenomenal agreements"

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6. (transitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#CAVALCARE, vulgarCategory:Italian vulgarities#CAVALCARE, slangCategory:Italian slang#CAVALCARE) to make, have (sexually)

Further reading

• cavalcare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cavarcela