caballería
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See also: caballeria
Asturian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
caballería f (plural caballeríes)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
caballería f (plural caballerías)
- cavalry (soldiers mounted on horses)
- cavalry (a soldier mounted on a horse)
- 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.
- (historical, law) knight's fee (the land necessary to maintain a mounted soldier, legally bound to provide military service)
- (historical) caballeria (a traditional unit of land area equivalent to about 38.64 ha)
- Synonym of caballerosidad: chivalry (the behavior proper to a lord or gentleman)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: caballeria
Further reading[edit]
- “caballería”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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