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Meanings of horsepower in English

Portuguese
cavalo vapor
Catalan
cavall
Spanish
caballo

A unit of power equal to 746 watts.

        cavalo vapor

        Unit of measurement of power equal to that of a horse drafting 75 kg at the speed of 1 m/s, i.e. 735,498 Watt.

              Unit of measurement of power equal to that of a horse drafting 55 pounds at the speed of 10 feet per second, i.e. 745,7 Watt.

                    Usage of horsepower in English
                    1
                    Air pressure is a big factor in the matter of aeroplane horsepower.
                    Flying Machines: Construction and Operation / A Practical Book W...
                    2
                    Don't get us wrong: we're all for 400-horsepower personal amusement park rides.
                    Wired
                    3
                    Automobile dealer Henri Rougier won first place in a Turcat-Méry 45-horsepower model.
                    Wired
                    4
                    Yet the Pirelli P-Zeros shrugged off the 610-horsepower coercion without a wisp.
                    BBC
                    5
                    A six-speed transmission sends the motor's 845 horsepower to an all-wheel-drive system.
                    Wired
                    6
                    In fact, nothing but a machine of horsepower could have accomplished that.
                    The Desert Home: The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderne...
                    7
                    Max shone his flashlight on the four-hundred-and-forty-horsepower engine, then cut the power.
                    Lola Carlyle Reveals All
                    8
                    Down this we whooped at the full speed of our thirty-horsepower engine.
                    African Camp Fires
                    9
                    The sedan had more than enough horsepower to handle the extra weight.
                    Consent to kill: a thriller
                    10
                    Together they provide an impressive 550 horsepower and about that much torque.
                    Wired
                    11
                    It was powered by a 133-horsepower engine salvaged from a Honda Civic.
                    BBC
                    12
                    Propulsion comes from a 10-horsepower hub-mounted motor driving the lone rear wheel.
                    Wired
                    13
                    BRAVEHEART What has more horsepower than William Wallace and his merry men?
                    News.com.au
                    14
                    The Chevy Corvette had 230 horsepower, less than today's six-cylinder Honda Accord.
                    Reuters
                    15
                    What would the horsepower have to be for you to buy it?
                    Wired
                    16
                    Fifty feet over all, twenty-five horsepower engine, auxiliary sails and fine cabin.
                    The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest; Or, The Golden Galleon
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                    Spanish
                    caballo
                    Horsepower through the time
                    Horsepower across language varieties
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