horse

horse
ho:s
noun
1) (a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc.) caballo
2) (a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium.) potro
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- horsefly
- horsehair
- horseman
- horsemanship
- horseplay
- horsepower
- horseshoe
- on horseback
- straight from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouth
horse n caballo
horse
tr[hɔːs]
noun
1 SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL caballo
2 (in gym) potro
3 SMALLTECHNICAL/SMALL caballete nombre masculino
4 slang (heroin) caballo
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
hold your horses! figurative use ¡para el carro!
to eat like a horse comer como una lima, tener buen saque
to get on one's high horse figurative use darse ínfulas, tener muchos humos
to get something straight from the horse's mouth figurative use saber algo de buena tinta
wild horses wouldn't ... nada en el mundo ...
■ wild horses wouldn't make me go back to him no volvería con él por nada en el mundo
horse chestnut SMALLBOTANY/SMALL (tree) castaño de Indias 2 (fruit) castaña de Indias
horse doctor veterinario,-a
horse racing carreras nombre femenino plural de caballos
horse race carrera de caballos
horse rider (man) jinete 2 (woman) amazona
horse riding equitación nombre femenino
horse sense sentido común
horse ['hɔrs] n
: caballo m
horse
adj.
• caballar adj.
• caballo, -a adj.
• hípico, -a adj.
• montado, -a adj.
n.
• caballería s.f.
• caballete s.m.
• caballo s.m.
• corcel s.m.
• gualdera s.f.
• jaca s.f.
hɔːrs, hɔːs
noun
1) c (Zool) caballo m

from the horse's mouth — (colloq)

I heard it straight from the horse's mouth — me lo dijo él mismo/ella misma

his/her high horse: when he gets on his high horse ... cuando se pone a pontificar ...; hold your horses (colloq) un momentito!; I could eat a horse tengo un hambre canina; to beat o (BrE) flog a dead horse (colloq) pedirle* peras al olmo; to change horses in midstream cambiar de parecer (or de política etc) a mitad de camino; to eat like a horse comer como un sabañón or como una lima (nueva); wild horses: wild horses wouldn't drag me back to that job por nada del mundo volvería a ese trabajo; you can lead o take a horse to water but you can't make it drink puedes darle un consejo a alguien, pero no puedes obligarlo a que lo siga; (before n) horse riding — (BrE) equitación f

2) c (vaulting-block) potro m, caballo m (Méx)
3) u (heroin) (sl) caballo m (arg)
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Phrasal Verbs:
[hɔːs]
1. N
1) (Zool) caballo m
- change horses in midstream
- eat like a horse
- flog a dead horse
- get on one's high horse
- be straight from the horse's mouth
2) (in gymnastics) potro m
3) (carpenter's) caballete m
4) (=cavalry) caballería f
5) ** (=heroin) caballo ** m , heroína f
2.
CPD

horse artillery N — artillería f montada

horse brass N — jaez m

horse breaker N — domador(a) m / f de caballos

horse breeder N — criador(a) m / f de caballos

horse chestnut N — (Bot) (=tree) castaño m de Indias; (=fruit) castaña f de Indias

horse collar N — collera f

horse dealer N — chalán m

horse doctor N — veterinario(-a) m / f

Horse Guards NPL — (Brit) Guardia fsing Montada

horse laugh N — risotada f , carcajada f

horse mackerel N — jurel m

horse manure N — abono m de caballo

horse meat N — (Culin) carne f de caballo

horse opera N — (US) película f del Oeste

horse race N — carrera f de caballos

horse racing N — (gen) carreras fpl de caballos; (as sport) hípica f

horse rider N — jinete mf

horse riding N — (Brit) equitación f

horse sense N — sentido m común

horse show N — concurso m hípico

horse trader N — (Pol) chalán(-ana) m / f

horse trading N — (Pol) toma y daca m , chalaneo m

horse trailer N — (US) remolque m para caballerías

horse trials NPL — concurso m hípico

- horse about
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[hɔːrs, hɔːs]
noun
1) c (Zool) caballo m

from the horse's mouth — (colloq)

I heard it straight from the horse's mouth — me lo dijo él mismo/ella misma

his/her high horse: when he gets on his high horse ... cuando se pone a pontificar ...; hold your horses (colloq) un momentito!; I could eat a horse tengo un hambre canina; to beat o (BrE) flog a dead horse (colloq) pedirle* peras al olmo; to change horses in midstream cambiar de parecer (or de política etc) a mitad de camino; to eat like a horse comer como un sabañón or como una lima (nueva); wild horses: wild horses wouldn't drag me back to that job por nada del mundo volvería a ese trabajo; you can lead o take a horse to water but you can't make it drink puedes darle un consejo a alguien, pero no puedes obligarlo a que lo siga; (before n) horse riding — (BrE) equitación f

2) c (vaulting-block) potro m, caballo m (Méx)
3) u (heroin) (sl) caballo m (arg)
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Phrasal Verbs:

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