a caballo

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a kaˈbaʝo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /a kaˈbaʎo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /a kaˈbaʃo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /a kaˈbaʒo/ [a kaˈβ̞a.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: a ca‧ba‧llo

Adverb

on horseback; on the back of a horse
halfway (between); in the middle
Se sitúa a caballo entre la gama media y la alta
It lies between the mid range and the top range
(Argentina, colloquial) topped with fried eggs

Related terms

caballo

Further reading

“a caballo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025