It has 1 syllable.
No, 'to go' isn't the English equivalent of 'hordes'. The word 'hordes' isn't a word in the Latin vocabulary. A Latin word that somewhat resembles it is the neuter gender noun 'hordeum', which means 'barley'. The Latin word for 'hordes' is 'catervae'.
The word hordes is a plural noun. The singular is horde.
There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
The word 'answer' has 2 syllables. An-swer.
There are four syllables in the word "usually".
The rats swam ashore in hordes.
The word hordes is a noun. It is the plural form of horde.
The word has three syllables.
The syllables in the word what is only 1 : "what".
The word apotex has three syllables. The syllables in the word are a-po-tex.
The word prophets has two syllables. The syllables of the word are pro-phets.
4 syllables are in the word di·ver·si·ty.