de a cabalo

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Galician

Etymology

de (of) a (at) cabalo (horse)

Pronunciation

Adverb

de a cabalo

  1. on horseback
    Synonym: a cabalo

Adjective

de a cabalo (invariable)

  1. mounted
    • 1473, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 30:
      con o permiso do noso Rey lebantou a terra as santas hirmandades das cibdades e vilas pagando cada hua seys omes soldados de a cabalo para conter e acudir ao remedio de tantos males
      with the permission of our King, the Holly Brotherhoods of cities and towns raised the country, paying each one six hired mounted men for counter and solve so many wrongs
    Synonym: montado

Noun

de a cabalo m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. horserider
    • 1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:
      poucos días había que alá xunta a Bacelo viñan sesenta de a cabalo, e preguntaronlle a un paisano por donde era o camiño para Lugo, e el guiounos para donde estaba unha gran braña, co mismo foi chegar a ela espetaronse de tal sorte cos cabalos, que anque traballasen toda unha mañá inda non sei si sairían; pero nomentras que sucedeu esto, foise o bon do paisano tocou de campanas, xuntouse a xente, e pegaron co eles de tal modo que asta que os despacharon non pararon
      some days back, near Bacelo, there came 60 riders, and asked a countryman where was the way to Lugo; he guided them into a large marsh, and arriving there they get stuck with their horses in such a way that not even working for a whole morning they would be able to get out of it; but, meanwhile this was happening, the good countryman went away to toll the bells, the people gathered, and they stroke them in such a mood that they didn't stop until they dispatched them

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