caballo

adj.

stupid.

m.

1 horse (animal).

montar a caballo to ride

a caballo on horseback

estar a caballo entre dos cosas (figurative) to be halfway between two things

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

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

caballo de batalla bone of contention; (dificultad, escollo) hobbyhorse (objetivo, obsesión)

caballo de carreras racehorse

caballo de Troya Trojan Horse

2 knight (piece of chess).

3 smack, horse (informal) (heroína).

4 stupid person.

5 heroin.

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caballo

► nombre masculino

1 ZOOLOGÍA horse

2 TÉCNICA horsepower

3 (ajedrez) knight

4 (naipes) queen

5 argot (heroína) junk, horse, scag, smack

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a caballo on horseback

montar a caballo to ride

a caballo entre ... figurado halfway between ...

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

caballo de batalla figurado hobbyhorse

caballo de carreras racehorse

caballo de tiro cart horse

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noun m.

1) horse

2) knight (in chess)

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SM

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

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

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

- ir a mata caballo

- a caballo regalado no le mires el diente

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) (Mec) (tb: 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 **, sugar **

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I

-lla adjetivo (AmC fam) (estúpido) stupid

II

masculino

1) (Equ, Zool) horse

¿sabes montar or (AmL) andar a caballo? — can you ride (a horse)?

fueron a caballo hasta el pueblo — they rode to the village (on horseback)

dieron un paseo a caballo — they went for a ride (on horseback)

a caballo entre ... — halfway between ...

como caballo desbocado: salieron de clase como caballos desbocados they charged o tore out of the classroom; estar de a caballo en algo (Chi fam) to be an expert on something; llevar a alguien a caballo to give somebody a piggyback; a caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes — don't look a gift horse in the mouth

- caballo de batalla

- caballo de carga

- caballo de carreras or carrera

- caballo de tiro

- caballo de Troya

2) (en ajedrez) knight; (en naipes) ≈queen (in a Spanish pack of cards)

3) (Auto, Fís, Mec) tb

caballo de vapor — (metric) horsepower

- caballo de fuerza

4) (arg) (heroína) horse (sl)

5) (Méx) (en gimnasia) horse

6) (AmC fam)

a) (estúpido) idiot

b) (pantalón vaquero) jeans (pl)

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= horse.

Ex. When Ed Blume was asked at a meeting about LC's failure to have established a heading for rock music for so long, he remarked: 'Today's horse may be tomorrow's carrion'.

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* a caballo = on horseback, astride.

* a caballo entre = astride... and..., midway between.

* a caballo entre... y... = half way between... and....

* a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente = never look a gift horse in the mouth.

* a mata caballo = in a hurry, hurried, hurriedly, helter-skelter.

* andar a caballo entre ... y = tread + the line between ... and.

* aperos del caballo = horse tack.

* arte de herrar caballos = farriery.

* caballo de batalla = uphill struggle, hobby-horse, war horse, charger.

* caballo de batalla medieval = destrier.

* caballo de carga = shire horse, Shire.

* caballo de tiro = carthorse.

* Caballo de Troya = Trojan horse, Trojan Horse.

* caballo percherón = shire horse, Shire.

* carreras de caballos = horse-racing.

* cochecito de caballos = runabout.

* coche de caballos = horse and buggy, buggy, victoria.

* coche sin caballos = horseless carriage automobile, horseless carriage.

* cola de caballo = ponytail.

* criadero de caballos = stud.

* de caballo = huge, humongous [humungous], massive, gianormous.

* desfile de caballos = cavalcade.

* estar a caballo entre = stand + midway between, straddle (between).

* estar a caballo entre ... y ... = lie + midway between ... and ..., tread + a fine line between ... and, tread + a delicate line between ... and.

* montar a caballo = horseback riding, horse riding, ride + a horse.

* pelo de caballo = horsehair.

* tirado por caballos = horse-drawn.

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I

-lla adjetivo (AmC fam) (estúpido) stupid

II

masculino

1) (Equ, Zool) horse

¿sabes montar or (AmL) andar a caballo? — can you ride (a horse)?

fueron a caballo hasta el pueblo — they rode to the village (on horseback)

dieron un paseo a caballo — they went for a ride (on horseback)

a caballo entre ... — halfway between ...

como caballo desbocado: salieron de clase como caballos desbocados they charged o tore out of the classroom; estar de a caballo en algo (Chi fam) to be an expert on something; llevar a alguien a caballo to give somebody a piggyback; a caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes — don't look a gift horse in the mouth

- caballo de batalla

- caballo de carga

- caballo de carreras or carrera

- caballo de tiro

- caballo de Troya

2) (en ajedrez) knight; (en naipes) ≈queen (in a Spanish pack of cards)

3) (Auto, Fís, Mec) tb

caballo de vapor — (metric) horsepower

- caballo de fuerza

4) (arg) (heroína) horse (sl)

5) (Méx) (en gimnasia) horse

6) (AmC fam)

a) (estúpido) idiot

b) (pantalón vaquero) jeans (pl)

* * *

= horse.

Ex: When Ed Blume was asked at a meeting about LC's failure to have established a heading for rock music for so long, he remarked: 'Today's horse may be tomorrow's carrion'.

* a caballo = on horseback, astride.

* a caballo entre = astride... and..., midway between.

* a caballo entre... y... = half way between... and....

* a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente = never look a gift horse in the mouth.

* a mata caballo = in a hurry, hurried, hurriedly, helter-skelter.

* andar a caballo entre ... y = tread + the line between ... and.

* aperos del caballo = horse tack.

* arte de herrar caballos = farriery.

* caballo de batalla = uphill struggle, hobby-horse, war horse, charger.

* caballo de batalla medieval = destrier.

* caballo de carga = shire horse, Shire.

* caballo de tiro = carthorse.

* Caballo de Troya = Trojan horse, Trojan Horse.

* caballo percherón = shire horse, Shire.

* carreras de caballos = horse-racing.

* cochecito de caballos = runabout.

* coche de caballos = horse and buggy, buggy, victoria.

* coche sin caballos = horseless carriage automobile, horseless carriage.

* cola de caballo = ponytail.

* criadero de caballos = stud.

* de caballo = huge, humongous [humungous], massive, gianormous.

* desfile de caballos = cavalcade.

* estar a caballo entre = stand + midway between, straddle (between).

* estar a caballo entre ... y ... = lie + midway between ... and ..., tread + a fine line between ... and, tread + a delicate line between ... and.

* montar a caballo = horseback riding, horse riding, ride + a horse.

* pelo de caballo = horsehair.

* tirado por caballos = horse-drawn.

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caballo¹ -lla

adjective

A (Chi fam)

1 (estupendo) fantastic (colloq), great (colloq)

¡qué tipo más caballo! he's gorgeous! (colloq)

2 (enorme) ‹problema› huge, terrible

tengo un hambre caballa I'm so hungry I could eat a horse, I'm incredibly hungry

B (AmC fam) (estúpido) stupid

caballo²

masculine

A (Equ, Zool) horse

¿sabes montar or (AmL) andar a caballo? can you ride (a horse)?

fueron a caballo hasta el pueblo they rode to the village (on horseback)

dieron un paseo a caballo they went for a ride (on horseback), they went riding, they went horseback riding (AmE), they went horseriding (BrE)

como caballo (Chi fam): duele como caballo it hurts like hell (colloq)

el caballo de (Chi fam): un incendio el caballo de grande a huge fire

nos comimos una sopa la caballa de rica we had the most delicious soup

a caballo entre …: temas a caballo entre la antropología y la historia subjects on the borderline between anthropology and history

la obra está a caballo entre lo documental y la ficción the play is half documentary and half fiction

estar de a caballo en algo (Chi fam); to be an expert in sth

a caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Compuestos:

● caballo de batalla

(de una persona) hobby-horse; (en una discusión) central issue

● caballo de carga

packhorse

● caballo de carreras or (CS) carrera

racehorse

● caballo de monta or silla

saddle horse

● caballo de tiro

carthorse

● caballo de Troya

Trojan horse

B

1 (en ajedrez) knight

2 (en naipes) ≈ queen (in a Spanish pack of cards)

Compuesto:

caballo blanco

white knight

C (Auto, Fís, Mec) tb

caballo de vapor metric horsepower, horsepower

Compuestos:

● caballo de fuerza

British horsepower, horsepower

● caballo fiscal

fiscal unit for calculation of road tax dos caballos (↑ dos (1))

D (arg) (heroína) horse (sl)

E (Méx) (en gimnasia) horse

F (AmC fam)

1 (estúpido) idiot

2 (pantalón vaquero) jeans (pl), denims (pl)

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caballo 1

◊ -lla adjetivo (AmC fam) (estúpido) stupid

caballo 2 sustantivo masculino
1

a) (Equ, Zool) horse;

montar or (AmL) andar a caballo to ride (a horse);

◊ dieron un paseo a caballo they went for a ride (on horseback);

caballo de carga/de tiro packhorse/carthorse;
caballo de carreras racehorse;
a caballo entre … halfway between …;
llevar a algn a caballo to give sb a piggyback

b) (en ajedrez) knight;

(en naipes) ≈ queen (in a Spanish pack of cards)

c) (Méx) (en gimnasia) horse

2 (Auto, Fís, Mec) tb

◊ caballo de vapor (metric) horsepower

caballo sustantivo masculino
1 horse
2 Ajedrez knight
3 Naipes queen
4 argot (heroína) horse, smack
5 Fís caballos de vapor, horse power 6 caballo de batalla, sticking point, figurado hobby-horse
♦ Locuciones: llevar a alguien a caballo, to give somebody a piggyback
montar a caballo, to ride
a caballo, on horseback
(a horcajadas) astride
a caballo entre..., halfway between...
a caballo regalado no le mires el diente, don't look a gift horse in the mouth
a mata caballo/matacaballo: tuvimos que hacer las compras a matacaballo, we had to do the shopping at breakneck speed
'caballo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- baya
- bayo
- casco
- con
- desbocarse
- desbocada
- desbocado
- desmontar
- domar
- espantarse
- espuela
- freno
- guiar
- hostigar
- montar
- montada
- montado
- paseo
- pata
- reventar
- reventarse
- rienda
- sofrenar
- subirse
- trenzado
- trotar
- trote
- ventrera
- zaina
- zaino
- a
- amansar
- andar
- aparejo
- apearse
- arre
- atar
- baba
- bajar
- bien
- bozal
- brío
- brioso
- caballito
- cabecear
- cabriola
- caer
- castrar
- cola
English:
bareback
- battlefield
- bay
- bit
- blinkers
- bolt
- break
- buck
- canter
- carthorse
- come off
- control
- croup
- dappled
- draught
- fall off
- flick
- frisky
- gallop up
- gelding
- get off
- gift
- gouge out
- grey
- groom
- hack
- harness
- haul
- hitch
- hobbyhorse
- hoof
- horse
- horseback
- horsepower
- hp
- knight
- mane
- mount
- nag
- odds-on
- paw
- pony express
- ponytail
- prance
- race
- racehorse
- rear
- rein
- respectively
- ride

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caballo nm

1. [animal] horse;

a caballo on horseback;

montar o Am [m5]andar a caballo to ride;

Comp

Chile

estar a caballo en algo [materia] to have mastered sth;

Comp

a caballo entre: estar a caballo entre dos cosas to be halfway between two things;

vivir a caballo: vive a caballo entre Madrid y Bruselas she lives part of the time in Madrid and part of the time in Brussels;

Comp

a mata caballo at breakneck speed;

Comp

Fam Hum

ser más lento que el caballo del malo to be a real Br slowcoach o US slowpoke;

Prov

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

Comp

Fig caballo de batalla [dificultad, escollo] bone of contention; [objetivo, obsesión] hobbyhorse;

caballo de carga packhorse;

caballo de carreras racehorse;

Fig caballo ganador front runner;

caballo de tiro workhorse, carthorse;

Fig caballo de Troya Trojan horse

2. [pieza de ajedrez] knight

3. [naipe] = card in Spanish deck with picture of knight, equivalent to queen in standard deck

4. Tec (metric) horsepower

Comp

caballo de fuerza (metric) horsepower;

caballo de fuerza métrico metric horsepower;

caballo de vapor (metric) horsepower;

caballo de vapor inglés horsepower;

caballo de vapor métrico metric horsepower

5. Fam [heroína] smack, horse

6. Dep horse

Comp

caballo con arcos pommel horse;

caballo sin arcos vaulting horse

7. CRica

caballos [pantalones] Br trousers, US pants

8. Carib Fam [persona hábil]

ser un caballo (para algo) to be a whizz o an ace (at sth)

9. Carib Fam [tonto] dope, thicko

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caballo

m

1 horse;

a caballo on horseback;

montar o

andar Rpl

a caballo ride (a horse);

me gusta montar a caballo I like riding;

ir a caballo go on horseback;

a caballo entre halfway between;

a mata caballo at breakneck speed;

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

2 en ajedrez knight

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caballo nm

1) : horse

2) : knight (in chess)

3)

caballo de fuerza or

caballo de vapor : horsepower

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caballo n

1. (animal, en gimnasio) horse

está loca por los caballos she's crazy about horses

2. (en ajedrez) knight

caballo de carreras racehorse