caballerizo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caballāricius, from Latin caballus (“horse”). By surface analysis, caballo +‎ -erizo. Compare Portuguese cavalariço.

Noun

caballerizo m (plural caballerizos)

1. groom (for horses)

Related terms

• caballeriza

 

Descendants

• → Italian: cavallerizza

Further reading

• “caballerizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014