caballeriza
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin caballāricia, from Latin caballus (“horse”). By surface analysis, caballo + -eriza. Compare Portuguese cavalariça.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabaʝeˈɾiθa/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾi.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
- IPA(key): /kabaʎeˈɾiθa/ [ka.β̞a.ʎeˈɾi.θa] (rural northern Spain)
- IPA(key): /kabaʝeˈɾisa/ [ka.β̞a.ʝeˈɾi.sa] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kabaʎeˈɾisa/ [ka.β̞a.ʎeˈɾi.sa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -iθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -isa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧ri‧za
Noun
caballeriza f (plural caballerizas)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: cavallerissa
- → Italian: cavallerizza
Further reading
- “caballerizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025