cabaleiro

See also: Cabaleiro

Galician

Sepulchre of the knight Sueiro Gomes de Soutomaior, Pontevedra, Galicia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaβaˈlejɾo̝/

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. A respectful term of address to any male
  4. stiff neck

Derived terms

  • cabaleiroso

Adjective

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

  1. sat; straddled

Derived terms

References

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