caballerosidad

Spanish

Etymology

From caballeroso +‎ -idad.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kabaʝeɾosiˈdad/ [ka.β̞a.ʝe.ɾo.siˈð̞að̞]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabaʝeɾosiˈdad/ [ka.β̞a.ʝe.ɾo.siˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kabaʎeɾosiˈdad/ [ka.β̞a.ʎe.ɾo.siˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabaʃeɾosiˈdad/ [ka.β̞a.ʃe.ɾo.siˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabaʒeɾosiˈdad/ [ka.β̞a.ʒe.ɾo.siˈð̞að̞]

• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧ro‧si‧dad

Noun

caballerosidad f (plural caballerosidades)

1. chivalry

   Synonym: caballería

   • 2015 September 15, “Recreaciones”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Se ladeó el sombrero y con caballerosidad decimonónica se despidió: “Mucho gusto, señora, me tengo que ir a corromper el alma a la cantina.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. gentlemanliness
3. mannerliness

Further reading

• “caballerosidad”, 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