cabriolar

To caper or frolic — to leap and skip playfully, the way a young goat (cabra) or a spirited horse does (a cabriole in dressage terms). Literary/descriptive register, used for animals or for people moving in an exuberantly playful way.

• Los corderos cabriolaban por el prado en primavera. — The lambs frolicked across the meadow in spring.
• El caballo cabrioló nervioso antes de la carrera. — The horse capered nervously before the race.
• Los niños cabriolaban de alegría al ver la nieve. — The children skipped about with joy on seeing the snow.

This is a literary word for lively, leaping movement, not a routine way to say "to jump" (saltar) — using it for an ordinary jump would sound overly poetic.

Often confused with cabriolear.