caballería

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kabaʎeˈɾia/,
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ba‧lle‧rí‧a

Noun

caballería f (plural caballeríes)

  1. horse
  2. cavalry

Spanish

Etymology

From caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) +‎ -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabaʝeˈɾia/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kabaʎeˈɾia/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabaʃeˈɾia/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabaʒeˈɾia/

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  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧rí‧a

Noun

caballería f (plural caballerías)

  1. cavalry (soldiers mounted on horses)
  2. cavalry (a soldier mounted on a horse)
  3. mount (any animal used for riding)
    Synonym: montura
    • 1622, Francisco de Quevedo, La visita de los chistes:
      El no decir verdad será mérito; el embuste y la trapaza, caballería; y la insolencia, donaire.
      The not saying truth will be virtuous; the hoax and ruse cavalierism; and the insolence elegance.
  4. (historical, law) knight's fee (the land necessary to maintain a mounted soldier, legally bound to provide military service)
  5. (historical) caballeria (a traditional unit of land area equivalent to about 38.64 ha)
  6. Synonym of caballerosidad: chivalry (the behavior proper to a lord or gentleman)

Coordinate terms

  • (unit of area): celemín (1⁄720 caballería), fanega (1⁄60 caballería), yugada (5⁄6 caballería)

Descendants

  • English: caballeria

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