caballeresco

Spanish

Etymology

From caballero +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kabaʝeˈɾesko/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾes.ko]

• IPA^(key): /kabaʝeˈɾesko/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾes.ko] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kabaʎeˈɾesko/ [ka.β̞a.ʎeˈɾes.ko] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kabaʃeˈɾesko/ [ka.β̞a.ʃeˈɾes.ko] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kabaʒeˈɾesko/ [ka.β̞a.ʒeˈɾes.ko] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -esko
• Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧res‧co

Adjective

caballeresco (feminine caballeresca, masculine plural caballerescos, feminine plural caballerescas)

1. chivalrous, gentlemanly

   Synonym: caballeroso

2. knightly

Further reading

• “caballeresco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024