a caballo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /a kaˈbaʝo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /a kaˈbaʎo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /a kaˈbaʃo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /a kaˈbaʒo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʒo]
- Syllabification: a ca‧ba‧llo
Adverb
a caballo
- on horseback; on the back of a horse
- halfway (between); in the middle
- Se sitúa a caballo entre la gama media y la alta
- It lies between the mid range and the top range
Related terms
- caballo
Further reading
- “a caballo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014