jinete
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish ginete, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanáti), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Cognate with Galician xinete and Portuguese ginete.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jinete m or f by sense (plural jinetes)
- horseman, horsewoman, rider (someone who rides a horse)
- Synonym: caballero
- Coordinate term: amazona
- los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis ― the four horsemen of the Apocalypse
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- (obsolete, military) light cavalry
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Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jinete”, 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
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- es:Military
- es:Equestrianism
- es:Horses