What does cavala in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word cavala in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cavala in Portuguese.

The word cavala in Portuguese means mackerel, cavala, cavala-real, tubarão-mako-cavala, cavala-da-índia. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cavala

mackerel

substantivo feminino (tipo de peixe)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

cavala

noun (fish) (peixe)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
O pescador pegou algumas cavalas na baía.
The fisherman caught a few mackerels in the bay.

cavala-real

noun (fish of the Atlantic Ocean) (peixe do Oceano Atlântico)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
On our last fishing trip we caught a thirty-pound king mackerel.

tubarão-mako-cavala

noun (type of large carnivorous fish)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)

cavala-da-índia

noun (zoology: fish) (Zoologia: peixa)

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