caballero
pronunciation
How to pronounce caballero in British English:
UK [,kæbə'ljeərəʊ]
How to pronounce caballero in American English:
US [ˌkæbəl'jeroʊ]
Word Origin
- caballero (n.)
- 1877, "a Spanish gentleman," from Spanish caballero, from Latin caballarius, from caballus "a pack-horse, nag, hack" (see cavalier (n.)). Equivalent of French chevalier, Italian cavaliere.
Example
- 1. But , as mr caballero acknowledges , his thesis is largely conjectural , supported only by " spotty " academic work .
- 2. Around a dozen rebels at the western gate could be seen wearing new , black body armour supplied by qatar and made by well-known colombian manufacturer miguel caballero .
- 3. Candido figueredo , caught up in the violence of guns and drug trafficking in the border town of pedro juan caballero .
- 4. This idea has been developed in a series of papers by ricardo caballero of the massachusetts institute of technology ( mit ) , emmanuel farhi of harvard university and berkeley 's mr gourinchas .
- 5. These ideas were set out in 2008 by ricardo caballero of massachusetts institute of technology , emmanuel farhi of harvard university and pierre-olivier gourinchas of the university of california , berkeley * .