🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Galope

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ga-lo-pe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gallop/ˈɡæl.əp/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O cavalo começou a galopar pelo campo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To run fast, typically used in reference to horses.

    "The horse began to gallop across the open field."
As noun
  1. 1

    A fast gait of a horse, characterized by a four-beat rhythm.

    "The gallop of the stallion was powerful and majestic."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'gallop' originates from the Middle French 'galoper', which itself comes from the Old French 'galoper', meaning to leap or run. The term has evolved through the centuries to specifically denote the fast gait of a horse, characterized by a four-beat rhythm.

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