- caballería
- f.1 cavalry, knighthood, chivalry.2 pack animals.* * *caballería► nombre femenino1 (cabalgadura) mount2 MILITAR cavalry3 HISTORIA chivalry, knighthood\FRASEOLOGÍAcaballería andante knight errantrycaballería ligera light cavalrylibros de caballerías novels of chivalry* * *noun f.1) cavalry2) knighthood, chivalry* * *SF1) (=montura) mount, steed liter; (=caballo) horse; (=mula) mule
caballería de carga — beast of burden
2) (Mil) cavalrycaballería ligera — light cavalry, light horse
3) ( Hist) chivalry; (=orden) order of chivalrylibros de caballerías — books of chivalry
caballería andante — knight errantry
4)andarse en caballerías — to overdo the compliments
5) CAm, Caribe, Cono Sur, Méx (Agr) a land measurement of varying size (usually 42 hectares)* * *femeninoa) (Mil) cavalryb) (caballo) horse; (montura) mount (liter)* * *= chivalry, cavalry.Ex. Indeed the 'rediscovery' of chivalry by Sir Walter Scott in the early nineteenth century was a middle class discovery.Ex. The article 'cavalry to the rescue' describes how a library experimented with the use of temporary employees for the purpose of shelving and shelf reading.----* escuadrón de caballería = cavalry squadron.* novela de caballería = chivalric romance, chivalric novel.* orden de caballería = knighthood.* soldado de caballería = cavalryman [cavalrymen, -pl.].* * *femeninoa) (Mil) cavalryb) (caballo) horse; (montura) mount (liter)* * *= chivalry, cavalry.Ex: Indeed the 'rediscovery' of chivalry by Sir Walter Scott in the early nineteenth century was a middle class discovery.
Ex: The article 'cavalry to the rescue' describes how a library experimented with the use of temporary employees for the purpose of shelving and shelf reading.* escuadrón de caballería = cavalry squadron.* novela de caballería = chivalric romance, chivalric novel.* orden de caballería = knighthood.* soldado de caballería = cavalryman [cavalrymen, -pl.].* * *caballeríafeminine1 (Mil) cavalryecharle la caballería encima a algn (Chi fam); to come down on sb like a ton of bricks (colloq)2 (caballo) horse; (montura) mount (liter), steed (liter)3 (Lit):libro de caballería chivalresque novelCompuestos:● caballería andante(actividad) knight-errantry; (gente) knights errant (pl)● caballería ligeralight cavalry* * *
caballería sustantivo femenino (Mil) cavalry
caballería sustantivo femenino
1 Mil cavalry
caballería ligera, light cavalry
2 (animal sobre el cual se cabalga) mount, steed
3 Hist chivalry: me divierten las novelas de caballería, I enjoy reading novels about knights and knighthood
caballería andante, knight-errantry
'caballería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ligera
- ligero
- escuadrón
- soldado
English:
cavalry
- trooper
* * *caballería nf1. [animal] mount, horse2. [cuerpo militar] [a caballo] cavalry;[en vehículos motorizados] motorized troopsCompcaballería ligera light cavalry3. [institución feudal]la caballería medieval medieval knights;novela de caballería(s) tale of chivalryCompcaballería andante knight errantry* * *caballeríaf1 MIL cavalry2 (caballo) horse* * *caballería nf1) : cavalry2) : horse, mount3) : knighthood, chivalry
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.