cabestrear
Spanish, verb/kabestɾeˈaɾ/
cabestrear is a Spanish verb meaning “to be led by the halter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Seguir dócilmente al ser llevado del cabestro o guiado con el ronzal”.
What does cabestrear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be led by the halter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Seguir dócilmente al ser llevado del cabestro o guiado con el ronzal. 2. Guiar la res o un pequeño grupo de reses a otras.
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 cabestrear
- cabestreo first-person present singular
- cabestreé first-person preterite singular
- cabestreado participle past
- cabestreando gerund
- cabestreada feminine participle past
- cabestreados masculine participle past
- cabestreadas feminine participle past
- cabestreas indicative informal present
- cabestreás indicative informal present
- cabestrea indicative present singular
- cabestreamos first-person indicative plural
- cabestreáis indicative plural present
- cabestrean indicative plural present
- cabestreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cabestreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cabestreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cabestreabais imperfect indicative plural
- cabestreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabestrear?
- /kabestɾeˈaɾ/
- [ka.β̞es.t̪ɾeˈaɾ]
- [kaβ̞est̪ɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.