cavalaria

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From cavalo + -aria.

Noun

cavalaria f (plural cavalarias)

1. cavalry (horsemen armed for battle)
2. (figurative) prowess (distinguished bravery or courage)

Descendants

• Fala: caballiría
• Galician: cabalaría
• Portuguese: cavalaria, cavaleria

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ca@alaria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cavalaria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cavaleria

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavalaria. By surface analysis, cavalo +‎ -aria.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.va.laˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.va.laˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.va.laˈɾi.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.vɐ.lɐˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.vɐ.lɐˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɐ.lɐˈɾi.ɐ/ [kɐ.βɐ.lɐˈɾi.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧va‧la‧ri‧a

Noun

cavalaria f (plural cavalarias)

1. cavalry (military service that fights with riding horses)

Derived terms

• cavalaria andante
• cavalaria errante
• cavalariano

Related terms

• cavalo

Descendants

• → Tetum: kavalaria

Further reading

• “cavalaria”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025