capitán

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See also: capitan, cãpitan, and căpitan

Galician

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kapiˈtaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tán

Noun

capitán m (plural capitáns, feminine capitá, feminine plural capitás)

  1. captain

Further reading

Spanish

El capitán Haddock es un personaje de la serie de tebeos Tintín. ― Captain Haddock is a character in the Tintin series of comic books.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin capitāneus,[1] from caput (“head”) +‎ -āneus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kapiˈtan/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ca‧pi‧tán

Noun

capitán m (plural capitanes, feminine capitana, feminine plural capitanas)

  1. captain (leader)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: capitan
  • → Tagalog: kapitan
  • → Ye'kwana: kajichaana

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “capitán”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 834

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