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a caballo

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
a caballo loc adv	(cabalgando)	on horseback adv
	Antiguamente, las personas iban a caballo a todas partes.
	In the past, people went everywhere on horseback.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
a caballo loc adv	(entre dos situaciones)	halfway adv
		between prep
	Este político vive a caballo entre ideas liberales y conservadoras.
	That politician lies halfway between liberalism and conservatism.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente, a caballo regalado no se le mira el pelo expr	(en regalos no se exige)	don't look a gift horse in the mouth, never look a gift horse in the mouth expr
	—¿Puedes creerlo? ¡El auto que me dio mi papá no tiene aire acondicionado! —¡A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente!
	- Can you believe it? The car my dad gave me hasn't got air conditioning! - Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente, A caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes, A caballo regalado no se le mira el pelo expr	(no se exige en lo regalado)	don't look a gift horse in the mouth, never look a gift horse in the mouth expr
Note: Otras variantes: «A caballo regalado no hay que mirarle el diente», «A caballo regalado no le mires el dentado».
	—¿Puedes creerlo? ¡El auto que me dio mi papá no tiene aire acondicionado! —¡A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente!
a mata caballo, a matacaballo loc adv	coloquial (atropelladamente)	breakneck speed n
	Los arquitectos no pueden hacer las medidas a mata caballo; si no, los edificios se derrumbarían.
	The architects can't do the measurements at breakneck speed or the buildings would fall down.
montar a caballo loc verb	(practicar equitación)	ride a horse v expr
		horse-back riding n
	La primera vez que monté a caballo tenía 12 años.
	The first time I rode a horse I was 12 years old.

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