cavalcar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• cabalgar, qualcar, colcar

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.βəlˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.vəlˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.valˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

cavalcar (first-person singular present cavalco, first-person singular preterite cavalquí, past participle cavalcat)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to ride a horse

Conjugation

infinitive			cavalcar
gerund			cavalcant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cavalcat		cavalcada
		plural		cavalcats		cavalcades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cavalco	cavalques	cavalca	cavalquem	cavalqueu	cavalquen
	imperfect	cavalcava	cavalcaves	cavalcava	cavalcàvem	cavalcàveu	cavalcaven
	future	cavalcaré	cavalcaràs	cavalcarà	cavalcarem	cavalcareu	cavalcaran
	preterite	cavalquí	cavalcares	cavalcà	cavalcàrem	cavalcàreu	cavalcaren
	conditional	cavalcaria	cavalcaries	cavalcaria	cavalcaríem	cavalcaríeu	cavalcarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cavalqui	cavalquis	cavalqui	cavalquem	cavalqueu	cavalquin
	imperfect	cavalqués	cavalquessis	cavalqués	cavalquéssim	cavalquéssiu	cavalquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cavalca	cavalqui	cavalquem	cavalqueu	cavalquin
	negative (no)	—	no cavalquis	no cavalqui	no cavalquem	no cavalqueu	no cavalquin

    Conjugation of cavalcar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

Derived terms

• cavalcada
• cavalcador
• cavalcadura
• descavalcar
• encavalcar

Related terms

• cavall

References

• “cavalcar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “cavalcar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cavalcar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cavalcar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.