caballar

Spanish

Etymology

From caballo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kabaˈʝaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʝaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kabaˈʎaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kabaˈʃaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kabaˈʒaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llar

Adjective

caballar m or f (masculine and feminine plural caballares)

equine, horse
Un evento caballar. ― An equine event.

See also

equino

Further reading

“caballar”, 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