cavaleiro
Portuguese, noun/ka.vaˈle(j).ɾu/
cavaleiro is spelled C-A-V-A-L-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cavaleiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “knight (heavily armoured warrior of the Middle Ages)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem a cavalo, especialmente aquele que na Idade Média corria o mundo em busca de aventuras”.
What does cavaleiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pertaining to cavalry
noun
- 1
masculineknight (heavily armoured warrior of the Middle Ages)
- 2
masculinecavalryman; cavalier (soldier who serves on a cavalry regiment)
- 3
masculineknight (noble ranked below a baron)
noun
- 1
masculinehorseman; horserider (person who rides a horse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. homem a cavalo, especialmente aquele que na Idade Média corria o mundo em busca de aventuras 2. membro da cavalaria (unidade do exército)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cavaleiro
- cavaleira feminine
- cavaleiros masculine plural
- cavaleiras feminine plural
- cavalleiro alternative
- cavaleyro alternative obsolete
- cavalleyro alternative obsolete
- amazona feminine
- amazonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavaleiro?
- Brazil /ka.vaˈle(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ka.vaˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐ.vɐˈlɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavaleiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cavaleiro in Portuguese?
cavaleiro appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).