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cabestrar

Spanish, verb/kabesˈtɾaɾ/

cabestrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to halter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mezclar cabestros con el ganado suelto”.

What does cabestrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to halter

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Mezclar cabestros con el ganado suelto.

verb: 1. Usar un buey de cabestrillo vivo o armado para cazar.

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 cabestrar

  • cabestro first-person present singular
  • cabestré first-person preterite singular
  • cabestrado participle past
  • cabestrando gerund
  • cabestrada feminine participle past
  • cabestrados masculine participle past
  • cabestradas feminine participle past
  • cabestras indicative informal present
  • cabestrás indicative informal present
  • cabestra indicative present singular
  • cabestramos first-person indicative plural
  • cabestráis indicative plural present
  • cabestran indicative plural present
  • cabestraba first-person imperfect indicative
  • cabestrabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • cabestrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • cabestrabais imperfect indicative plural
  • cabestraban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cabestrar?

  • /kabesˈtɾaɾ/
  • [ka.β̞esˈt̪ɾaɾ]
  • [kaβ̞esˈt̪ɾaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.