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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish caballero. Doublet of cavalier and chevalier.
Noun
caballero (plural caballeros or caballeroes)
- A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context
2007 January 26, Roberta Smith, “Outside In”, in New York Times:Here we usually find the caballero aiming his pistol in one direction while pointing his reined-in steed in another, as if ready to wheel and dash to safety.
- A Spanish gentleman.
- A Spanish line dance.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish cavallero, inherited from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Equivalent to caballo + -ero. Cognate with English cavalier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabaˈʝeɾo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kabaˈʎeɾo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabaˈʃeɾo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabaˈʒeɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧ro
Noun
caballero m (plural caballeros, feminine caballera, feminine plural caballeras)
- horseman
- Synonym: jinete
- knight; cavalier
- gentleman
- Synonym: señor
- (especially South America) cowboy
- Synonyms: vaquero, (Argentina) gaucho, (Mexico) charro, (Chile) huaso
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