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Meaning of cabaleiro | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
kabaˈlejɾo

Definitions

  1. horseman; horserider (person who rides a horse)
  2. a surname
  3. knight (noble ranked below a count)
  4. gentleman
  5. stiff neck

Equivalents

Examples

“1243, Ángel Rodríguez González and José Angel Rey Caíña (eds.), "Tumbo de Lorenzana. Transcripción y estudio", in Estudios Mindonienses, 8, page 127”

if there were any nobleman in the village, he should be knighted

“no cortés se conoce o cabaleiro, e a sabenza de un home no seu tino:”

on his politeness you know the gentleman, and the wisdom of a man on his judgment

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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