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caballo

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “caballo” mean in English?

  1. horse

Example sentences

  • El caballo corre muy rápido.

    The horse runs very fast.

  • Hay caballos en la granja.

    There are horses on the farm.

  • Monto a caballo los fines de semana.

    I ride horses on weekends.

How to use it

Caballo means 'horse' (masculine). Feminine yegua ('mare') uses a different word, not *caballa. Plural caballos.

Common mistake

The female of caballo isn't 'caballa' — Spanish uses a separate word, yegua. Don't try to feminise caballo with -a.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.