caballería
caballería
feminine noun
1. mount, horse (animal)
2. cavalry (cuerpo militar)
also:
- novela de caballería -> courtly romance
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caballería [cah-bal-lyay-ree’-ah]
noun
1. A riding beast. (f)
- Caballería de carga -> beast of burden; caballería menor, ass
2. Cavalry horse or horsetroops. (f)
- Caballería ligera -> light horse, light cavalry
3. Art of managing and mounting a horse. (f)
4. Chivalry, the order of knights, and particularly military order. (f)
- Caballería andante -> knight-errantry
5. Knighthood; martialism, nobleness of mind. (f)
6. Assembly of knights of military orders. (f)
7. Chivalry, the institution and profession of knights 8. (f)
8. Service rendered by knights and nobles. (f)
9. Share of spoils given to a knight, according to his rank and merit. (f)
10. A tract of land about thirty-three and one third acres, U. (f)
11. Preeminence and privileges of knights. (f)
- Libros de caballería -> books of knight errantry
- Andarse en caballerías -> (Met.) to make a fulsome show of superfluous compliments
Body of nobility of a province or place. S. measure.
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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