caballería

Meaning

  1. (feminine) cavalry (soldiers mounted on horses)
  2. (feminine) cavalry (a soldier mounted on a horse)
  3. (feminine) mount (any animal used for riding)
  4. (feminine,historical) knight's fee (the land necessary to maintain a mounted soldier, legally bound to provide military service)
  5. (feminine,historical) caballeria (a traditional unit of land area equivalent to about 38.64 ha)
  6. (feminine) Synonym of caballerosidad: chivalry (the behavior proper to a lord or gentleman)

Frequency

C1
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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