cavalaria
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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
cavalaria f (plural cavalarias)
- cavalry (horsemen armed for battle)
- (figurative) prowess (distinguished bravery or courage)
Descendants
- Fala: caballiría
- Galician: cabalaría
- Portuguese: cavalaria, cavaleria
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ca@alaria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cavalaria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavalaria. By surface analysis, cavalo + -aria.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ca‧va‧la‧ri‧a
Noun
cavalaria f (plural cavalarias)
- cavalry (military service that fights with riding horses)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tetum: kavalaria
Further reading
- “cavalaria”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025