cola de caballo

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “tail of horse”.

Noun

cola de caballo f (plural colas de caballo)

1. (hair) ponytail
2. (botanics) horsetail (a plant of the genus Equisetum)
3. (literal) horse tail

Further reading

• “cola de caballo”, 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
• equisetaceae on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es