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give him his head

Spanish translation: soltar las riendas a un caballo

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English term or phrase:	give him his head
Spanish translation:	soltar las riendas a un caballo
Entered by:	Taña Dalglish

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06:43 Aug 3, 2011

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English term or phrase: give him his head

Traduciendo una película de caballos, escena donde el entrenador le dice al jinete antes de que éste cabalgue al caballo por una vuelta.

"Hey, this time give him his head".

Javier Moreno-Pollarolo
United States

soltar las riendas a un caballo

Explanation:
This is one way of saying it. I can explain it to you "in-depth" in English. It basically means loosening the hold on the horse's mouth (thru the bit) and thus, allowing the horse to stretch his head and run freely (a bit simplistic - LOL!) .. but this is the general idea.

head restraint traducción | Diccionario Inglés-Español | Reverso - [ Translate this page ]
diccionario.reverso.net/ingles-espanol/head%20restraint - Spain - Cached to give a horse its head soltar las riendas a un caballo to give sb his/her head dar rienda suelta a algn → wine goes to my head el vino se me sube a la ...

A dictionary, Spanish and English, and English and Spanish - Google Books Result
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Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti - 1794 - Foreign Language Study
To give a borse the head, soltar las riendas. To come off one's horse, apearse. ... Horse meat, lo que dan al caballo para sil iullento, ...

Cómo mantener las riendas de un caballo | LatinGuru - [ Translate this page ]
latinguru.com/...y.../como-mantener-las-riendas-de-un-caballo.html - CachedSi quieres soltar las riendas y darle más libertad al caballo separa el dedo índice y el pulgar sin dejarlas fuera de control, al llegar al largo que ...

Mundo equino, glosario - [ Translate this page ]
www.stiwebs.com/programacion-webs.../mundo-equino-glosario - Cachedmandato el caballo montando o con riendas largas. .... Galope pequeño que hacen como ejercicio diario los caballos de carrera. ..... al caballo, permitiendo dar suaves indicaciones sin tener que soltar las manos de las riendas. ...

There are probably a few other interpretations. HTH!

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Note added at 27 mins (2011-08-03 07:11:00 GMT)
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... should be "allowing the horse to stretch his neck and head ..." ....

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Note added at 9 days (2011-08-12 13:59:49 GMT) Post-grading
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Gracias Javier.

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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 10:40

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3 +4

soltar las riendas a un caballo

Taña Dalglish

3 +3

dale rienda

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

dejalo correr/que corra a rienda suelta

isabel murillo

Discussion entries: 1

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45 mins confidence:

give him his head (no, it's not what you think) dejalo correr/que corra a rienda suelta

Explanation:
otra manera de expresar que el jinete suelta las riendas para que el caballo pueda correr al máximo de su velocidad

isabel murillo
Local time: 17:40
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

dale rienda

Explanation:
Creo que diría algo como "esta vez dale rienda", o incluso "dale rienda suelta", pero prefiero la primera.

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 17:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 142

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

give him his head (no, it's not what you think)

soltar las riendas a un caballo

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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Changes made by editors

Aug 12, 2011 - Changes made by Taña Dalglish:
Edited KOG entry	Javier Moreno-Pollarolo's old entry - "give him his head" => "soltar las riendas a un caballo"
Aug 3, 2011 - Changes made by Monika Jakacka:
Term asked	give him his head (no, it\'s not what you think) => give him his head
Field (specific)	Media / Multimedia => Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Field (write-in)	Horseracing => Horseracing / idioms

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