caballo de batalla

Spanish

Etymology

Compare French cheval de bataille.

Noun

caballo de batalla m (plural caballos de batalla)

1. (idiomatic) bone of contention

Further reading

• “caballo de batalla”, 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