caballerango

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kabaʝeˈɾanɡo/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾãŋ.ɡo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kabaʎeˈɾanɡo/ [ka.β̞a.ʎeˈɾãŋ.ɡo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kabaʃeˈɾanɡo/ [ka.β̞a.ʃeˈɾãŋ.ɡo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kabaʒeˈɾanɡo/ [ka.β̞a.ʒeˈɾãŋ.ɡo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -anɡo
  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧ran‧go

Noun

caballerango m (plural caballerangos, feminine caballeranga, feminine plural caballerangas)

  1. (Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador) a groom (one who takes care of horses)

Usage examples

  • In Spanish, "caballerango" refers to someone who tends to horses, not a bridegroom at a wedding.
  • "Emiliano Zapata era un antiguo caballerango del hacendado morelense Ignacio de la Torre y Mier..." — La Revolución Mexicana – Centenario, Sergio Gaspar Mosqueda, 2010, p. 32

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