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noun, feminine

caballería

/kabaʝeˈɾia/

noun, feminine/kabaʝeˈɾia/plural: caballerías

cavalry (soldiers mounted on horses); cavalry (a soldier mounted on a horse); mount (any animal used for riding); knight's fee (the land necessary to maintain a mounted soldier, legally bound to provide military service); caballeria (a traditional unit of land area equivalent to about 38.64 ha)

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.

Synonyms: montura, caballerosidad

From caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”).