caballar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.?

Late Latin caballus

Spanish caballo

Spanish -ar

Spanish caballar

From caballo + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʝaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʝaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʝaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʎaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʎaɾ] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʃaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʒaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈʒaɾ] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kabaˈjaɾ/ [ka.β̞aˈjaɾ] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llar

Adjective

caballar m or f (masculine and feminine plural caballares)

1. 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