a caballo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a kaˈbaʝo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /a kaˈbaʝo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /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

1. on horseback; on the back of a horse
2. 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

3. (Argentina, colloquial) topped with fried eggs

Related terms

• caballo

 

Further reading

• “a caballo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28