cavalcare

From Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus. Compare Portuguese cavalgar, Spanish cabalgar, Galician cabalgar.

• IPA^(key): /ka.valˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ca‧val‧cà‧re

cavalcàre (first-person singular present cavàlco, first-person singular past historic cavalcài, past participle cavalcàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive, intransitive) 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

2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to sit astride on
3. (transitive, archaic, by extension) to pass by (a place) with a horse
4. (transitive) to take advantage of (a situation created by someone else); to be opportunistic; to ride the wave
5. (figurative, transitive) 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"

6. (transitive, vulgar, slang) to make, have (sexually)

• scavalcare

• → Sardinian: cavalcai (Campidanese)

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

• cavarcela