caballería
Meaning
- (feminine) cavalry (soldiers mounted on horses)
- (feminine) cavalry (a soldier mounted on a horse)
- (feminine) mount (any animal used for riding)
- (feminine,historical) knight's fee (the land necessary to maintain a mounted soldier, legally bound to provide military service)
- (feminine,historical) caballeria (a traditional unit of land area equivalent to about 38.64 ha)
- (feminine) Synonym of caballerosidad: chivalry (the behavior proper to a lord or gentleman)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ca‧ba‧lle‧rí‧a
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kabaʝeˈɾia/
Etymology
From caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”).
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Sentences
Teniente Coronel del Regimiento de Milicias de Caballería de la Princesa 👸 .
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Lieutenant Colonel of the Princess' Cavalry Militia Regiment.