cabaleiro

See also: Cabaleiro

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cavaleiro, from Late Latin caballārius, from Vulgar Latin caballus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kabaˈlejɾo/ [kɑ.β̞aˈlej.ɾʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ejɾo

Noun

cabaleiro m (plural cabaleiros)

  1. horseman; horserider (person who rides a horse)
  2. (nobility) knight (noble ranked below a count)
    • 1243, Ángel Rodríguez González and José Angel Rey Caíña (eds.), "Tumbo de Lorenzana. Transcripción y estudio", in Estudios Mindonienses, 8, page 127:
      se ouuer filiodalgo in na uilla, fazelo caualeyro
      if there were any nobleman in the village, he should be knighted
  3. gentleman
    • 1814, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Soneto:
      no cortés se conoce o cabaleiro,
      e a sabenza de un home no seu tino:
      on his politeness you know the gentleman,
      and the wisdom of a man on his judgment
  4. stiff neck

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Adjective

cabaleiro (feminine cabaleira, masculine plural cabaleiros, feminine plural cabaleiras)

  1. sat; straddled

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