caballete

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of caballo (“horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʝete/ [ka.β̞aˈʝe.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʝete/ [ka.β̞aˈʝe.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʎete/ [ka.β̞aˈʎe.t̪e] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʃete/ [ka.β̞aˈʃe.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kabaˈʒete/ [ka.β̞aˈʒe.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧te

Noun

caballete m (plural caballetes)

1. easel
2. ridge (of a roof)

   Synonym: cumbrera

3. trestle (of furniture)
4. stand; kickstand (support)
5. (anatomy) bridge (of the nose)
6. (zoology) keel (of a bird)

Further reading

• “caballete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025