astride

adv.

1. With a leg on each side: riding astride.
2. With the legs wide apart.

prep.

1. On or over and with a leg on each side of.
2. Situated on both sides of.
3. Lying across or over; spanning.

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The adverb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: with one leg on each side
  Synonym: astraddle

Meaning #2: with the legs stretched far apart

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Dansk (Danish)
prep. - overskrævs på, med et ben på hver side af
adv. - overskrævs, med skrævende ben

Nederlands (Dutch)
wijdbeens, schrijlings

Français (French)
prep. - à califourchon sur, chevauchant, à cheval sur
adv. - à califourchon, à cheval

Deutsch (German)
prep. - rittlings, breitbeinig
adv. - rittlings, breitbeinig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - ιππαστί, καβαλικευτά, με ανοιχτά τα σκέλη
adj. - καβαλικευτός, με ανοιχτά τα σκέλη
prep. - αμφοτέρωθεν, από τις δύο πλευρές

Italiano (Italian)
a cavalcioni, su entrambi i lati

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - escarranchadamente
adj. - montado a cavalo, escarranchado
prep. - a cavalo, montado em

Русский (Russian)
верхом, расставив ноги

Español (Spanish)
prep. - a horcajadas, a caballo
adv. - a horcajadas, a caballo

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - bredbent, grensle
adj. - bredbent, grensle
prep. - grensle över

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跨, 在其上, 在...两旁, 横过, 两腿分开着, 跨着

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
prep. - 跨, 在其上, 在...兩旁, 橫過
adv. - 兩腿分開著, 跨著

한국어 (Korean)
prep. - ~에 걸터앉아, ~을 가로질러
adv. - 걸터 앉아서

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - またがって
prep. - …にまたがって

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) منفرج الساقين (صفه) منفرج الساقين (حرف جر) منفرج الساقين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
prep. - ‮ברגליים מפושקות, כשרגליו משני צידיו‬
adv. - ‮ברגליים מפושקות, מתפשט לרוחב‬

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