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ho:s1) (a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc.) caballo2) (a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium.) potro•- horsefly
- horsehair
- horseman
- horsemanship
- horseplay
- horsepower
- horseshoe
- on horseback
- straight from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouth
horse n caballotr[hɔːs]1 SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL caballo2 (in gym) potro3 SMALLTECHNICAL/SMALL caballete nombre masculino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLhold your horses! figurative use ¡para el carro!to eat like a horse comer como una lima, tener buen saqueto get on one's high horse figurative use darse ínfulas, tener muchos humosto get something straight from the horse's mouth figurative use saber algo de buena tintawild horses wouldn't... nada en el mundo...horse doctor veterinario,-ahorse racing carreras nombre femenino plural de caballoshorse race carrera de caballoshorse riding equitación nombre femeninohorse sense sentido comúnhorse ['hɔrs] n: caballo madj.• 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, hɔːs1) c ( Zool) caballo mfrom 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)•Phrasal Verbs:[hɔːs]1. N1) (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 mouth2) (in gymnastics) potro m3) (carpenter's) caballete m4) (=cavalry) caballería f5) ** (=heroin) caballo ** m, heroína f2.CPDhorse 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
* * *[hɔːrs, hɔːs]1) c ( Zool) caballo mfrom 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)•Phrasal Verbs:
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