el caballo

See the entry for caballo.

caballo

horse

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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).

masculine noun

1. (animal)

a. horse

Tenemos dos caballos en la granja.We have two horses on the farm.

2. (chess)

a. knight

El movimiento del caballo es difícil de aprender.It's hard to learn how to move your knight.

3. (Spanish deck of cards)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

a. knight

Solo el rey gana al caballo.Only a king beats a knight.

4. (unit of power)

a. horsepower

Un motor de 50 caballos será suficiente.A 50 horsepower engine will be enough.

A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).

(slang)

(heroine)

a. smack (slang)

Dijo que ya no consumía caballo. ¡Ojalá fuera cierto!He said he wasn't doing smack any more. I wish it were true!

b. horse (slang)

Ha hecho tanto caballo que no sé cómo sigue viva.She's done so much horse that I don't know how she's still alive.

6. (carpentry)

a. sawhorse

Pon la madera en el caballo y sujétala bien antes de empezar a serrar.Place the wood on the sawhorse and clamp it securely before starting to saw.

b. sawbuck

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

Si no tienes caballo, apoya la tabla sobre una silla para cortarla.If you don't have a sawbuck, place the plank of wood on a chair to cut it.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).

(slang)

(unintelligent)

Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

(Central America)

Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

(South America)

a. stupid (colloquial)

Es bien caballo ese chavo. - No, no más es muy callado.That kid is really stupid. - No, he's just really quiet.

caballo

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (animal)

a. horse

montar a caballoto ride

a caballoon horseback

2. (fig)

estar a caballo entre dos cosasto be halfway between two things

vive a caballo entre Madrid y Bruselasshe lives part of the time in Madrid and part of the time in Brussels

3. (prov)

a caballo regalado no le mires el dientedon't look a gift horse in the mouth

caballo de batallabone of contention

caballo de carrerasracehorse

caballo de TroyaTrojan Horse

4. (pieza de ajedrez)

a. knight

5. (naipe)

a. card in Spanish deck with a picture of a knight, equivalent to queen in standard deck

6. (technology)

caballo (de fuerza o de vapor)horsepower

7. (colloquial)

a. smack, horse

8. (sports)

caballo con arcospommel horse

caballo sin arcosvaulting horse

caballo

1 (animal) horse

a caballo: una mujer a caballo a woman on horseback o riding a horse; vino a caballo he came on horseback; he rode here; me gusta montar a caballo I like (to go) horse riding; paseo a caballo (horse) ride; tropas de a caballo mounted troops

de caballo huge; massive

una dosis de caballo a huge dose; a massive dose; una depresión de caballo a terrible depression; a really deep depression

a caballo entre

Andalucía, a caballo entre oriente y occidente Andalusia, halfway between the east and the west

está a caballo entre el neoclacisismo y el romanticismo

vivo a caballo entre Madrid y Barcelona I spend my time between Madrid and Barcelona; I spend half my time in Madrid, half in Barcelona

como caballo desbocado rashly; hastily

ir a mata caballo to go at breakneck speed; go like the clappers (familiar)

a caballo regalado no le mires el diente don't look a gift horse in the mouth

caballo blanco white knight

caballo de batalla

han convertido el asunto en su caballo de batalla personal the issue has become their hobbyhorse; esto se convirtió en el caballo de batalla de la reunión this became the bone of contention in the meeting

caballo de carga packhorse

caballo de carreras racehorse

caballo de caza hunter

caballo de guerra warhorse; charger

caballo de manta caballo de silla saddle horse

caballo de tiro carthorse; plough horse; plow horse; (EEUU)

Caballo de Troya Trojan horse

2 (Ajedrez) knight; (Naipes) equivalent of queen in the Spanish pack of cards

3 (Mecánica) (also caballo de fuerza, caballo de vapor) horsepower

un motor de 100 caballos a 100 horsepower engine; ¿cuántos caballos tiene este coche? what horsepower is this car?; what's this car's horsepower?; un dos caballos a 2CV

caballo de vapor decimal metric horsepower

4 (Dep)

caballo con arcos pommel horse; side horse

caballo de saltos vaulting horse; long horse

5 [de carpintero] sawhorse; sawbuck; (EEUU)

6 (heroína) smack (muy_familiar); sugar (muy_familiar)

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