"caballería" meaning in Spanish

See caballería in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kabaʝeˈɾia/, [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾi.a], /kabaʝeˈɾia/, [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾi.a], /kabaʎeˈɾia/, [ka.β̞a.ʎeˈɾi.a], /kabaʃeˈɾia/, [ka.β̞a.ʃeˈɾi.a], /kabaʒeˈɾia/, [ka.β̞a.ʒeˈɾi.a], /kabaeˈɾia/, [ka.β̞a.eˈɾi.a] Forms: caballerías [plural]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: From caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”). Etymology templates: {{af|es|caballero|-ía|t1=horseman, gentleman, cowboy|t2=-y: forming nouns}} caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), {{der|es|la-lat|caballārius||horseman, rider}} Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), {{der|es|la|caballus||horse}} Latin caballus (“horse”) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} caballería f (plural caballerías)
  1. cavalry (soldiers mounted on horses) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-caballería-es-noun-Lgw5bzVb Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 37 33 0 30 0 0
  2. cavalry (a soldier mounted on a horse) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-caballería-es-noun-njMKKrVT Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 37 33 0 30 0 0
  3. mount (any animal used for riding) Tags: feminine Synonyms: montura
    Sense id: en-caballería-es-noun-uk-hlaiS
  4. (historical, law) knight's fee (the land necessary to maintain a mounted soldier, legally bound to provide military service) Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-caballería-es-noun-p8UCFJg1 Categories (other): Law, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ía, Military, Units of measure Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 4 9 6 18 50 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 5 4 25 55 4 2 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 19 51 10 8 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ía: 13 9 18 47 8 4 Disambiguation of Military: 37 33 0 30 0 0 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 5 5 14 51 20 5 Topics: law
  5. (historical) caballeria (a traditional unit of land area equivalent to about 38.64 ha) Tags: feminine, historical Coordinate_terms (unit of area): celemín (1⁄720 caballería), fanega (1⁄60 caballería), yugada (5⁄6 caballería)
    Sense id: en-caballería-es-noun-A97Coos0 Disambiguation of 'unit of area': 0 0 0 0 100 0
  6. synonym of caballerosidad: chivalry (the behavior proper to a lord or gentleman) Tags: feminine Synonyms: caballerosidad [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-caballería-es-noun-yUBcCeXB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caballería ligera, libro de caballerías, orden de caballería
Categories (other): Feudalism Disambiguation of Feudalism: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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