cabalgar
Spanish, verb/kabalˈɡaɾ/
cabalgar is spelled C-A-B-A-L-G-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabalgar is a Spanish verb meaning “to mount an animal, especially a horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ir montado sobre el lomo de un caballo o algún otro animal que sirva como medio de transporte”.
What does cabalgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mount an animal, especially a horse
- 2
to ride an animal, especially a horse
- 3
slangto ride (a person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ir montado sobre el lomo de un caballo o algún otro animal que sirva como medio de transporte.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cabalgar
- cabalgo first-person present singular
- cabalgué first-person preterite singular
- cabalgado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- cabalgando gerund
- cabalgada feminine participle past
- cabalgados masculine participle past
- cabalgadas feminine participle past
- cabalgas indicative informal present
- cabalgás indicative informal present
- cabalga indicative present singular
- cabalgamos first-person indicative plural
- cabalgáis indicative plural present
- cabalgan indicative plural present
- cabalgaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cabalgabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cabalgábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cabalgabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabalgar?
- /kabalˈɡaɾ/
- [ka.β̞alˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [kaβ̞alˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabalgar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabalgar in Spanish?
cabalgar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).