a caballo

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

on horseback; on the back of a horse
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
(Argentina, colloquial) topped with fried eggs

Related terms

caballo

Further reading

“a caballo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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