barón

es-noun

barón m (plural barones, feminine baronesa, feminine plural baronesas)

barones (plural)
baronesa (feminine)
baronesas (feminine plural)

From Old Spanish baron, from Old French baron. Doublet of varón.

Los barones, que después de las catalanas hicieron notar su malestar con la dirección nacional por la venta de la sede de Génova, se reconocen ahora satisfechos por el impulso que ha cogido de forma repentina el PP.

2021 May 5, Elsa García de Blas, “Casado da por muerto a Cs y proclama el regreso del PP: “Volvemos a ser el gran partido de España””, in El País:

(especially politics) baron, bigwig (person of great power in society, especially in business and politics)


real

es-adj

real m or f (masculine and feminine plural reales)

Inherited from Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”), from rēx. Cognate with English regal and royal.


real

desctree

→ Arabic: ريال (riyāl)
Gulf Arabic: ريال (ryāl)
→ Malagasy: ariary
→ English: ariary
→ Persian: ریال (riyâl)
→ Swahili: riali

→ Irish: réal

→ Italian: reale

→ Ottoman Turkish: ریال, اریال
Turkish: riyal

(Spain, historical, colloquial) a quarter of a peseta


imperial

es-adj

imperial m or f (masculine and feminine plural imperiales)

Borrowed from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).


emperador

es-noun

emperador m (plural emperadores, feminine emperatriz or emperadora, feminine plural emperatrices or emperadoras)

emperadores (plural)
emperatriz (feminine)
emperadora (feminine)
emperatrices (feminine plural)
emperadoras (feminine plural)

→ Tagalog: emperador

From Old Spanish emperador, from Latin imperātōrem.


rey

Chavacano: rey

Papiamentu: rey

→ San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: rey

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

en el reino de los ciegos, el tuerto es el rey


castillo

→ Basque: gaztelu

→ Papiamentu: kastio

→ Tagalog: kastilyo

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Inherited from Old Spanish castiello (“stronghold, fortress, castle”), from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”). Doublet of castell.

inh+

castle (a large building that is fortified and contains many defences)


corona

→ Karao: korona

Inherited from Old Spanish corona, from Latin corōna (“crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).


zarina

es-noun

zarina f (plural zarinas, masculine zar, masculine plural zares)

zarinas (plural)
zar (masculine)
zares (masculine plural)

Borrowed from German Zarin, feminine form of Zar, from Russian царь (carʹ, “tsar”).


zar

zar m (plural zares, feminine zarina, feminine plural zarinas)

zares (plural)
zarina (feminine)
zarinas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ); see it for more. Doublet of César (“Caesar”).


palacio

> Chavacano: palacio (inherited)

→ Cebuano: palasyo

→ Chamorro: palåsio

→ Hiligaynon: palasyo

→ Ilocano: palasio

→ Kapampangan: palasiu

→ Tagalog: palasyo

Borrowed from Latin palātium. Doublet of pazo, as well as palazzo, from Italian.


monarquía

Borrowed from Late Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía).


imperio

→ Tagalog: imperyo

heredar el imperio


reino

From Old Spanish reino~regno, borrowed from Latin rēgnum.


princesa

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.


trono

→ Tagalog: trono

Borrowed from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos). Cognate with English throne.


príncipe

→ Cebuano: prinsipe

→ Tagalog: prinsipe


cetro

Inherited from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron). The initial consonant group -sk- is merged by palatization into a single consonant, so the -e- prosthesis is not necessary (as, for example, in: Latin schola > escuela.


hidalgo

es-adj

hidalgo (feminine hidalga, masculine plural hidalgos, feminine plural hidalgas)

hidalga (feminine)
hidalgos (masculine plural)
hidalgas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish fidalgo, contracted from the also-attested fijo d'algo (literally “son of something”). Compare Portuguese and Galician fidalgo.


monarca

es-noun

monarca m or f by sense (plural monarcas)

Borrowed from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”).


regente

regente m or f by sense (plural regentes)

regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)


regio

es-adj

regio (feminine regia, masculine plural regios, feminine plural regias)

regia (feminine)
regios (masculine plural)
regias (feminine plural)


conde

es-noun

conde m (plural condes, feminine condesa, feminine plural condesas)

condes (plural)
condesa (feminine)
condesas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin comitem (> */ˈkɔm(e)de/ > /ˈkonde/). Old Spanish also had a diphthongized form cuende. Cognate with English count.

count, earl (nobility); countess in the feminine sense


soberano

soberano m (plural soberanos, feminine soberana, feminine plural soberanas)

soberanos (plural)
soberana (feminine)
soberanas (feminine plural)

From a Vulgar Latin root *superānus or *superiānus, from Latin super. Compare French souverain, Italian sovrano, soprano, Portuguese soberano, Catalan sobirà. Doublet of soprano, from Italian.


condesa

condesa f (plural condesas, masculine conde, masculine plural condes)

condesas (plural)
conde (masculine)
condes (masculine plural)

From conde (“count”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


duque

es-noun

duque m (plural duques, feminine duquesa, feminine plural duquesas)

duques (plural)
duquesa (feminine)
duquesas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux. Doublet of dux.


duquesa

duquesa f (plural duquesas, masculine duque, masculine plural duques)

duquesas (plural)
duque (masculine)
duques (masculine plural)

From duque (“duke”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


marqués

es-noun

marqués m (plural marqueses, feminine marquesa, feminine plural marquesas)

marqueses (plural)
marquesa (feminine)
marquesas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Old French markis, marchis; from Late Latin marchēnsis, from Old High German marcha, from Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“edge, boundary”).


dinastía

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía).


faraón

es-noun

faraón m (plural faraones, feminine faraona, feminine plural faraonas)

faraones (plural)
faraona (feminine)
faraonas (feminine plural)

From Old Spanish pharaon, from Late Latin Pharaōnem, from Ancient Greek φαραώ (pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“great house”), pr:aA


baronesa

baronesa f (plural baronesas, masculine barón, masculine plural barones)

baronesas (plural)
barón (masculine)
barones (masculine plural)

From barón (“baron”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


archiduque

es-noun

archiduque m (plural archiduques, feminine archiduquesa, feminine plural archiduquesas)

archiduques (plural)
archiduquesa (feminine)
archiduquesas (feminine plural)


sultán

sultán m (plural sultanes, feminine sultana, feminine plural sultanas)

sultanes (plural)
sultana (feminine)
sultanas (feminine plural)

From Turkish sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šūlṭānā) "power".

der

Aramaic שולטנא (šūlṭānā)


vizconde

es-noun

vizconde m (plural vizcondes, feminine vizcondesa, feminine plural vizcondesas)

vizcondes (plural)
vizcondesa (feminine)
vizcondesas (feminine plural)


pretendiente

pretendiente m or f by sense (plural pretendientes)


heredero presunto

heredero presunto m (plural herederos presuntos, feminine heredera presunta, feminine plural herederas presuntas)

herederos presuntos (plural)
heredera presunta (feminine)
herederas presuntas (feminine plural)


heredero forzoso

heredero forzoso m (plural herederos forzosos, feminine heredera forzosa, feminine plural herederas forzosas)

herederos forzosos (plural)
heredera forzosa (feminine)
herederas forzosas (feminine plural)

From heredero (“heir”) + forzoso (“obligatory, compulsory”).


ducado

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ducātus, from Latin dux.

duchy (a dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess)


Reyes Católicos

(Spain, historical) Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, the two Spanish monarchs who completed the Reconquista

tanto monta, monta tanto, Isabel como Fernando


Gran Ducado de Luxemburgo

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (official name of Luxembourg)


káiser

Borrowed from German Kaiser. Doublet of César.


vizcondesa

vizcondesa f (plural vizcondesas, masculine vizconde, masculine plural vizcondes)

vizcondesas (plural)
vizconde (masculine)
vizcondes (masculine plural)

From vizconde (“viscount”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


sangre azul

→ English: blue blood (calque)

blue blood (noble or aristocratic ancestry)


exrey

Coordinate term: exreina


selyúcida

es-adj

selyúcida m or f (masculine and feminine plural selyúcidas)

Seljuk (of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule)


selyúcida

es-noun

selyúcida m or f by sense (plural selyúcidas)

Seljuk (a member of the Seljuk dynasty, a person of their empire)


monarquía absoluta

monarquía absoluta f (plural monarquías absolutas)