cavalier

despreocupado, desdeñoso

Que no muestra el cuidado o respeto que merece algo importante.

En inglés sencillo: Not showing enough care or respect for something important.

• He was cavalier about safety.
• Her cavalier attitude upset the staff.
• The report criticised their cavalier treatment of private information.

Cómo se usa: cavalier about something (They were cavalier about the safety rules.); a cavalier attitude towards something (His cavalier attitude towards money worried her.)

Sinónimos: careless, dismissive, reckless

Antónimos: careful, conscientious

Expresiones frecuentes: cavalier attitude, cavalier about something, cavalier treatment

soldado de caballería

Soldado que combate a caballo.

En inglés sencillo: A soldier who fights on horseback.

• The cavalier rode ahead.
• An armoured cavalier charged across the field.
• The painting shows a cavalier carrying a sword.

Sinónimos: cavalryman, horseman

Expresiones frecuentes: mounted cavalier, armoured cavalier, cavalier on horseback