caballeroso

Spanish

Etymology

From caballero +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kabaʝeˈɾoso/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾo.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabaʝeˈɾoso/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾo.so]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kabaʎeˈɾoso/ [ka.β̞a.ʎeˈɾo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabaʃeˈɾoso/ [ka.β̞a.ʃeˈɾo.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabaʒeˈɾoso/ [ka.β̞a.ʒeˈɾo.so]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧ro‧so

Adjective

caballeroso (feminine caballerosa, masculine plural caballerosos, feminine plural caballerosas)

1. chivalrous

Further reading

• “caballeroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16