horse - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

horse [ZOOL.]	el caballo
horse [SPORT.]	caballo con arcos   [Gymnastics]
horse [SPORT.]	caballo de salto   [Gymnastics]
horse   - heroin [sl.] [PHARM.]	la heroína
horse-trading   or: horsetrading [fig.]	el chanchullo [coll.]
horse-trading   or: horsetrading [fig.]	el tejemaneje [coll.]
stalking-horse	el pretexto
stalking-horse	la papada (Lat. Am.: Hond.) [coll.]   - pretexto
horse comb	la almohaza
horse dung	la bosta (de caballo)
horse manure	la bosta (de caballo)
horsebox   or: horse box	el remolque de caballos
horse-trading   or: horse trading [fig.]	el chalaneo
horse trade [fig.]	el chanchullo [coll.]

Adjectives / Adverbs

horse  adj.	ecuestre  m./f.
horse-drawn  adj.	tirado(-a) por caballos
one-horse  adj.	de un caballo
three-horse  adj.	de tres caballos
on one's high horse	arrogante  m./f.
on one's high horse	pedante  m./f.
on one's high horse	soberbio, soberbia

Verbs

to horse about  | horsed, horsed |	tontear
to horse around  | horsed, horsed |	tontear
to horse about  | horsed, horsed |	hacer el indio [coll.]
to horse around  | horsed, horsed |	hacer el indio [coll.]
to back the wrong horse	hacer una elección equivocada
to bet on the wrong horse	hacer una elección equivocada
to back the wrong horse	apoyar al perdedor [fig.]
to saddle up (a horse)  | saddled, saddled | [SPORT.]	ensillar algo   - caballo   [Horseriding]

Phrases / Collocations

I could eat a horse	me comería una vaca (entera)
I could eat a horse	podría comerme una vaca (entera)
a dark horse [fig.]   - person who keeps skills secret	el enigma   - persona
a dark horse [fig.]   - person who keeps skills secret	el misterio   - persona
a dark horse [fig.] [SPORT.]	el ganador sorpresa
a dark horse [fig.] [SPORT.]	el outsider   English
(as) strong as a horse	fuerte como un toro
I could eat a horse	me comería un buey
I could eat a horse	podría comerme un buey
A golden bit does not make the horse any better.	Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.	A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.	A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente.
to flog a dead horse	volver a la carga [fig.]
to put the cart before the horse	tomar el rábano por las hojas [fig.] [coll.]

Examples

He learned to ride a horse when he was a child.	Aprendió a cabalgar cuando era niño.
That horse is very beautiful, I have never seen one with such a shiny grey coat.	Ese caballo es muy bonito, nunca vi uno con un pelo gris tan brillante.
That horse is very fast, he will win the race for sure.	Ese caballo es muy veloz, seguro que gana la carrera.
The wild horse ran freely across the plains.	El caballo indomable corría libremente por las llanuras.
He has eight horses: four white, three brown and one black.	Tiene ocho caballos: cuatro blancos, tres marrones y uno negro.
I'm afraid of horses because I fell off one as a child.	Tengo miedo a los caballos porque de niño me caí de uno.
On my grandparents' farm there were cows, horses and pigs.	En la granja de mis abuelos había vacas, caballos y cerdos.
On my grandparents' farm there were cows, horses and pigs.	En la granja de mis abuelos había vacas, caballos y chanchos.
On my grandparents' farm there were cows, horses and pigs.	En la granja de mis abuelos había vacas, caballos y puercos.
They decided to ride horses during their vacation.	Decidieron montar a caballo durante sus vacaciones.

Orthographically similar words

chore, gorse, hoarse, horde, hors, horst, Horus, hose, hoser, House, house, Morse, Norse, shore, those, whore, whose, worse

corsé, horas, horst, morse

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