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caballo - masculine noun (el) - horse. Look up caballo in the dictionary

Nunca jamás me he montado en caballo, aunque tengo ganas de hacerlo.
I have never, ever ridden a horse, although it's something I'd like to do.
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I would say Nunca he montado a caballo. But I guess that's my Spanish from Spain option.
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Yes, I'd riden in a hourse, as the cow hands in their ranch, in the carnival came a lot animals among them came big hourses and small hourses, I like the big animals.


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I would say Nunca he montado a caballo. But I guess that's my Spanish from Spain option.
Gracias. Creo que lo que escribí está bien dicho en México. ¡Ojalá!
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montar(se). 1. Cuando significa ‘subir(se) a una caballería o a un vehículo’ o ‘pasear sobre ellos’, puede construirse como transitivo: «El día que pudo montar aquel caballo asesino fue un día de gloria para él» (Egido Corazón [Esp. 1995]); «Se acerca despreocupadamente montando una bicicleta nueva» (Che/Granado Viaje [Arg. 1992]); o como intransitivo, con un complemento introducido por en: «Montaron en sus briosos corceles» (Velasco Regina [Méx. 1987]).

2. Cuando el sustantivo que designa la caballería o vehículo no lleva determinante ni complemento alguno, montar ha de construirse como intransitivo, con un complemento introducido por en, o, si se trata del sustantivo caballo, por a: montar en moto, montar en bicicleta, montar en burro, montar a caballo. No debe suprimirse la preposición: «Cuando se sale a montar caballo por la playa desde Mamacona, se entra por un callejón» (Caretas [Perú] 20.9.01).
Así que en general es "en", excepto con caballo, que es "a".
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Yes, I'd riden in a hourse, as the cow hands in their ranch, in the carnival came a lot animals among them came big hourses and small hourses, I like the big animals.


María José Do you would like have hourses in your house.?
Not really... I live in a flat.
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Gracias. Creo que lo que escribí está bien dicho en México. ¡Ojalá!
Seguro, ya sabes que suelo basar mis opiniones en mi experiencia. Necesitamos que Rusty pruebe a ver cuantos hits encuentra, él es mucho más concienzudo (is that a good tranlation for thorough?). Meticuloso? Vamos, menos instinto más razón.
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Así que en general es "en", excepto con caballo, que es "a".
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Wow! Me refiero a la presentación seria y a la fuente de categoría...
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Seguro, ya sabes que suelo basar mis opiniones en mi experiencia. Necesitamos que Rusty pruebe a ver cuantos hits encuentra, él es mucho más concienzudo (is that a good tranlation for thorough?). Meticuloso? Vamos, menos instinto más razón.
Gracias, María José.

Siempre parece que hay dos lados de pensamiento (con un charco entre sí ). Si buscan en internet, hallarán que hay gente en ambos hemisferios que usa montar en caballo, pero son muchos más las personas que usan montar a caballo (8.000+ contra 390.000+). Pueden encontrar resultos similares con otras combinaciones: montado/montando/monta/montan/montó/montaron ..., irse ...

Aprendí que a caballo entre es un modismo que significa midway between, or between two things as in vive a caballo entre Madrid y Milán (she lives part of the time in Madrid and a part of the time in Milan) or la sierra a caballo entre Zaragoza y Navarra (the mountain range halfway between Zaragoza and Navarra).

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This may be a tangent but it pertains to caballos.
I was reading a newspaper today about a film comedy that was
decribed as a despropósito a caballo.
I think it means a wild farce, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any
other ideas?
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