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See also: Caballero
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish caballero. Doublet of cavalier and chevalier.
Noun[edit]
caballero (plural caballeros or caballeroes)
- A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context
- 2007 January 26, Roberta Smith, “Outside In”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish cavallero, inherited from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Equivalent to caballo + -ero. Cognate with English cavalier.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
caballero m (plural caballeros, feminine caballera, feminine plural caballeras)
- horseman
- Synonym: jinete
- knight; cavalier
- gentleman
- Synonym: señor
- (especially South America) cowboy
Derived terms[edit]
- caballería
- caballeriza
- Caballero
- caballero andante
- caballero de alarde
- caballero de conquista
- caballero de cuantía
- caballero de fortuna
- caballero de mohatra
- caballero de premia
- caballero de trinchera
- caballero del hábito
- caballero en plaza
- caballero gran cruz
- caballeros templarios
- damas y caballeros
- espuela de caballero
- poderoso caballero es don dinero
Descendants[edit]
- → Portuguese: cavalheiro
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “caballero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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