caballo
Spanish, noun/kaˈbaʝo/
caballo is spelled C-A-B-A-L-L-O (7 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,342nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caballo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Equus caballus) Mamífero doméstico ungulado de la familia de los équidos, utilizado por el hombre para…”.
What does caballo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorse
- 2
masculineknight
- 3
masculineslangheroin
- 4
masculineslangox (strong clumsy person)
- 5
masculineslangmaster, hotshot
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Equus caballus) Mamífero doméstico ungulado de la familia de los équidos, utilizado por el hombre para montar o como animal de tiro. 2. En particular, macho castrado de esta especie. 3. (♘, ♞) Trebejo o ficha del ajedrez, tradicionalmente representada con la forma de la cabeza y cuello del caballo₁. 4. Naipe de la baraja española, marcado con el número once, que representa un hombre armado montando un caballo₁.
adjective: 1. De gran calidad o tamaño.
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 caballo
- caballos plural
- yegua feminine
- yeguas feminine plural
- caballa feminine
- caballas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caballo?
- /kaˈbaʝo/
- [kaˈβ̞a.ʝo]
- [kaˈβ̞aʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caballo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caballo in Spanish?
caballo appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).