cavalcare

Meaning

(ambitransitive) to ride (a horse)
(broadly, figuratively, transitive) to sit astride on
(archaic, broadly, transitive) to pass by (a place) with a horse
(transitive) to take advantage of (a situation created by someone else); to be opportunistic; to ride the wave
(figuratively, transitive) to span (to traverse the distance between, of a bridge etc.)
(slang, transitive, vulgar) to make, have (sexually)

horse riding

ride horseback

piggy-back, to

andare a cavallo

horse

mettersi a cavalcioni

aumentare il costo

ascendere a

montare su

salire a

andare in bici

salire su

cavalgar

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ca‧val‧cà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.valˈka.re/

From Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus. Compare Portuguese cavalgar, Spanish cabalgar, Galician cabalgar.

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