caballerito
Spanish
Etymology
caballero + -ito
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabaʝeˈɾito/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾi.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /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)
- Diminutive of caballero
Further reading
- “caballerito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014