caballeresco

Spanish

Etymology

From caballero +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• 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], 2024 December 10