caballerito

Spanish

Etymology

From caballero +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kabaʝeˈɾito/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾi.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabaʝeˈɾito/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kabaʎeˈɾito/ [ka.β̞a.ʎeˈɾi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabaʃeˈɾito/ [ka.β̞a.ʃeˈɾi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabaʒeˈɾito/ [ka.β̞a.ʒeˈɾi.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧ri‧to

Noun

caballerito m (plural caballeritos)

1. diminutive of caballero

Further reading

• “caballerito”, 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