cabalgar

From Late Latin caballicāre, present active infinitive of caballicō, from Latin caballus.

• IPA^(key): /kabalˈɡaɾ/, [kaβalˈɣaɾ]
• Hyphenation: ca‧bal‧gar

cabalgar (first-person singular present cabalgo, first-person singular preterite cabalgué, past participle cabalgado)

1. (intransitive) to mount an animal, especially a horse
   • 1952, Hernán del Solar, La noche de enfrente

     Pedro corrió por los cerros y cabalgó un caballo desconocido.

     Pedro ran through the hills and mounted an unknown horse.

   Synonym: montar

2. (intransitive) to ride an animal, especially a horse
   • 2005, Pilar Cibreiro, El dueño del trigo, Caballo De Troya (→ISBN), page 133

     Cabalgaron un día entero sin apearse y de noche seguían cabalgando.

     They rode one whole day without dismounting, and at night they kept riding.

• Rule: g becomes a gu before e.

• cabalgata
• caballo

• “cabalgar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.