caballar

Spanish

Etymology

From caballo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʝaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabaˈʝaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kabaˈʎaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabaˈʃaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabaˈʒaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llar

Adjective

caballar m or f (masculine and feminine plural caballares)

1. equine, horse

   Un evento caballar. ― An equine event.

See also

• equino

Further reading

• “caballar”, 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