caballería

• IPA^(key): /kabaʎeˈɾia/ [ka.β̞a.ʎeˈɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ca‧ba‧lle‧rí‧a

caballería f (plural caballeríes)

1. horse
2. cavalry

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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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧rí‧a

caballería f (plural caballerías)

1. cavalry (soldiers mounted on horses)
2. cavalry (a soldier mounted on a horse)
3. 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.

4. (historical, law) knight's fee (the land necessary to maintain a mounted soldier, legally bound to provide military service)
5. (historical) caballeria (a traditional unit of land area equivalent to about 38.64 ha)
6. synonym of caballerosidad: chivalry (the behavior proper to a lord or gentleman)

• (unit of area): celemín (¹⁄₇₂₀ caballería), fanega (¹⁄₆₀ caballería), yugada (⁵⁄₆ caballería)

• English: caballeria

• “caballería”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024