Noun: jinete
Gender: mf
Hyphenation: ji‧ne‧te
| Singular m | jinete |
| Singular f | jinete |
| Plural m | jinetes |
| Plural f | jinetes |
Sample Sentences
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los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis (the four horsemen of the Apocalypse)
Nouns inflected like jinete
egocentrista,
cervantista,
baloncestista,
minifundista,
seremi,
setita,
pactante,
semita,
senufo,
senpai,
pactista,
selfie,
violinista,
militante,
salame,
script,
epigramatista,
sonetista,
urbanista,
sonyer, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish ginete, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanáti), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Cognate with Galician xinete and Portuguese ginete. See: Galician Nouns '
xinete', Portuguese Nouns '
ginete'.
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