cabalgar

Galician

Alternative forms

• cavalgar (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cavalgar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus (“jade, nag”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kabalˈɡaɾ/ [kɑ.β̞ɑɫˈɣ̞ɑɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kabalˈɡaɾ/ [kɑ.β̞ɑɫˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /kabalˈħaɾ/ [kɑ.β̞ɑɫˈħɑɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧bal‧gar

Verb

cabalgar (first-person singular present cabalgo, first-person singular preterite cabalguei, past participle cabalgado)

1. (intransitive) to ride an animal, especially a horse

   Synonym: montar

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:

     Nota que esta door, que chaman corno, desarreigase çedo se caualgaren en el con sella posta ante cada hũa das meezjnas

     Note that this ache, which they carl horn, is sooner removed if they ride [on the horse] with the saddle on before each one of the medicines

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cabalgar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cabalgar
Personal	cabalgar	cabalgares	cabalgar	cabalgarmos	cabalgardes	cabalgaren
Gerund
	cabalgando
Past participle
Masculine	cabalgado			cabalgados
Feminine	cabalgada			cabalgadas
Indicative
Present	cabalgo	cabalgas	cabalga	cabalgamos	cabalgades	cabalgan
Imperfect	cabalgaba	cabalgabas	cabalgaba	cabalgabamos	cabalgabades	cabalgaban
Preterite	cabalguei	cabalgaches	cabalgou	cabalgamos	cabalgastes	cabalgaron
Pluperfect	cabalgara	cabalgaras	cabalgara	cabalgaramos	cabalgarades	cabalgaran
Future	cabalgarei	cabalgarás	cabalgará	cabalgaremos	cabalgaredes	cabalgarán
Conditional	cabalgaría	cabalgarías	cabalgaría	cabalgariamos	cabalgariades	cabalgarían
Subjunctive
Present	cabalgue	cabalgues	cabalgue	cabalguemos	cabalguedes	cabalguen
Imperfect	cabalgase	cabalgases	cabalgase	cabalgásemos	cabalgásedes	cabalgasen
Future	cabalgar	cabalgares	cabalgar	cabalgarmos	cabalgardes	cabalgaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cabalga	cabalgue	cabalguemos	cabalgade	cabalguen
Negative (non)		non cabalgues	non cabalgue	non cabalguemos	non cabalguedes	non cabalguen

Derived terms

• Cabalgada
• descabalgar
• encabalgar

Related terms

• cabalgata
• cabalo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cavalgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caualg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabalgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabalgar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabalgar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

FWOTD – 8 April 2018

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabalˈɡaɾ/ [ka.β̞alˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧bal‧gar

Verb

cabalgar (first-person singular present cabalgo, first-person singular preterite cabalgué, past participle cabalgado)

1. (intransitive) to mount an animal, especially a horse

   Synonym: montar

   • 1952, Hernán del Solar, La noche de enfrente:

     Pedro corrió por los cerros y cabalgó un caballo desconocido.

     Pedro ran through the hills and mounted an unknown horse.

2. (intransitive) to ride an animal, especially a horse
   • 2005, Pilar Cibreiro, El dueño del trigo, Caballo De Troya, →ISBN, page 133:

     Cabalgaron un día entero sin apearse y de noche seguían cabalgando.

     They rode one whole day without dismounting, and at night they kept riding.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cabalgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cabalgar
gerund			cabalgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cabalgado		cabalgada
		plural		cabalgados		cabalgadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cabalgo	cabalgastú cabalgásvos	cabalga	cabalgamos	cabalgáis	cabalgan
	imperfect	cabalgaba	cabalgabas	cabalgaba	cabalgábamos	cabalgabais	cabalgaban
	preterite	cabalgué	cabalgaste	cabalgó	cabalgamos	cabalgasteis	cabalgaron
	future	cabalgaré	cabalgarás	cabalgará	cabalgaremos	cabalgaréis	cabalgarán
	conditional	cabalgaría	cabalgarías	cabalgaría	cabalgaríamos	cabalgaríais	cabalgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cabalgue	cabalguestú cabalguésvos2	cabalgue	cabalguemos	cabalguéis	cabalguen
	imperfect (ra)	cabalgara	cabalgaras	cabalgara	cabalgáramos	cabalgarais	cabalgaran
	imperfect (se)	cabalgase	cabalgases	cabalgase	cabalgásemos	cabalgaseis	cabalgasen
	future1	cabalgare	cabalgares	cabalgare	cabalgáremos	cabalgareis	cabalgaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cabalgatú cabalgávos	cabalgue	cabalguemos	cabalgad	cabalguen
	negative		no cabalgues	no cabalgue	no cabalguemos	no cabalguéis	no cabalguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cabalgar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cabalgar	dative	cabalgarme	cabalgarte	cabalgarle, cabalgarse	cabalgarnos	cabalgaros	cabalgarles, cabalgarse
	accusative	cabalgarme	cabalgarte	cabalgarlo, cabalgarla, cabalgarse	cabalgarnos	cabalgaros	cabalgarlos, cabalgarlas, cabalgarse
with gerund cabalgando	dative	cabalgándome	cabalgándote	cabalgándole, cabalgándose	cabalgándonos	cabalgándoos	cabalgándoles, cabalgándose
	accusative	cabalgándome	cabalgándote	cabalgándolo, cabalgándola, cabalgándose	cabalgándonos	cabalgándoos	cabalgándolos, cabalgándolas, cabalgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cabalga	dative	cabálgame	cabálgate	cabálgale	cabálganos	not used	cabálgales
	accusative	cabálgame	cabálgate	cabálgalo, cabálgala	cabálganos	not used	cabálgalos, cabálgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cabalgá	dative	cabalgame	cabalgate	cabalgale	cabalganos	not used	cabalgales
	accusative	cabalgame	cabalgate	cabalgalo, cabalgala	cabalganos	not used	cabalgalos, cabalgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cabalgue	dative	cabálgueme	not used	cabálguele, cabálguese	cabálguenos	not used	cabálgueles
	accusative	cabálgueme	not used	cabálguelo, cabálguela, cabálguese	cabálguenos	not used	cabálguelos, cabálguelas
with first-person plural imperative cabalguemos	dative	not used	cabalguémoste	cabalguémosle	cabalguémonos	cabalguémoos	cabalguémosles
	accusative	not used	cabalguémoste	cabalguémoslo, cabalguémosla	cabalguémonos	cabalguémoos	cabalguémoslos, cabalguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cabalgad	dative	cabalgadme	not used	cabalgadle	cabalgadnos	cabalgaos	cabalgadles
	accusative	cabalgadme	not used	cabalgadlo, cabalgadla	cabalgadnos	cabalgaos	cabalgadlos, cabalgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cabalguen	dative	cabálguenme	not used	cabálguenle	cabálguennos	not used	cabálguenles, cabálguense
	accusative	cabálguenme	not used	cabálguenlo, cabálguenla	cabálguennos	not used	cabálguenlos, cabálguenlas, cabálguense

Derived terms

• cabalgada
• cabalgador
• cabalgadura
• cabalgamiento
• cabalgante
• cabalgazón
• encabalgar

 

Related terms

• cabalgata
• caballo

 

Further reading

• “cabalgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10