jinete
Spanish, noun/xiˈnete/
jinete is spelled J-I-N-E-T-E (6 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jinete is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “horseman, horsewoman, rider (someone who rides a horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que monta a caballo”.
What does jinete mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinehorseman, horsewoman, rider (someone who rides a horse)
los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis
- 2
femininemasculineobsoletelight cavalry
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que monta a caballo. 2. Persona hábil en el arte de la equitación.
noun: 1. Buen caballo, caballo con buenas aptitudes para ser montado. 2. Caballo que es montado con los estribos cortos y las piernas verticales u en ángulo recto desde la rodilla, y que en consecuencia lleva la silla y los estribos adaptados a este modo de cabalgar. 3. Soldado de a caballo, que montaba con los estribos cortos, armado de lanza y protegido por una adarga.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of jinete
- jinetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jinete?
- /xiˈnete/
- [xiˈne.t̪e]
- [xiˈnet̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jinete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jinete in Spanish?
jinete appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).