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cola de caballo

Spanish, noun/ˌkola de kaˈbaʝo/

cola de caballo is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ponytail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cola de caballo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineponytail

  2. 2

    femininehorsetail (a plant of the genus Equisetum)

  3. 3

    femininehorse tail

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Peinado en el que el cabello se recoge hacia atrás y se recoge en una sola coleta que cuelga detrás de la cabeza.

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 cola de caballo

  • colas de caballo plural

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

How do you pronounce cola de caballo?

  • /ˌkola de kaˈbaʝo/
  • [ˌko.la ð̞e kaˈβ̞a.ʝo]
  • [ˈkola ð̞e 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 cola de caballo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.