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caballo

American  
[kuh-bahy-yoh] / kəˈbaɪ joʊ /

noun

caballos plural
  1. Spanish. a horse.


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Un hombre de caballo — a man of the horse — in the world of wicking polo shirts and bogeys?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2024

Not, fundamentally, because of Picasso and Guernica but because in Santeria ceremonies the medium is known as a caballo, a "horse" carrying the spirit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Juan, va fetch the caballo from the prado and—and—oh, saddle and bridle him.

From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Franck, Harry Alverson

I will take the caballo back with me, if that pleases the señors.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto

"I don't like that caballo," went on Dade, helping himself to meat, "and so I'd hate like the deuce to be hung for stealing him; sabe?"

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto

The gate leading to the patio de caballos swung open, and into the ring, its ancient radiator spewing steam, rumbled the city of Toledo's water truck.

From Time Magazine Archive

I bet you thees wagon, thees caballos, thees harness–everyt’ing–against everyt’ing yours–wagon, horses, harness–everyt’ing!

From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Horton, Marcus

And the caballos need a grubstake for the winter worse than we do, because they can't eat meat.

From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto

I like caballos that don't take all day to wind 'em up before they go.

From The Happy Family by Bower, B. M.

Oviedo, speaking of this retreat of the good count and his followers, says, "Volvieron las riendas a sus caballos, y se retiraron a mas que galope por la multitud de los Infieles."

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

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