a cavallo

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Italian

Pronunciation

Adverb

a cavallo

  1. on the back of (a draft animal, typically a horse); on horseback
    Synonyms: in groppa, in sella
    a cavallo di un muloon muleback (literally, “on the back of a mule”)
    andare a cavalloto ride on horseback
  2. astride
    Synonym: a cavalcioni
    sedere a cavallo di una sediato straddle a chair (literally, “to sit astride on a chair”)
  3. (idiomatic) around (a time period or place); at the turn (of)
    Fu a cavallo del decimo secolo.
    It was at the turn of the tenth century.
    Si trova a cavallo della valle.
    He is around around the valley.

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