capitán

See also: capitan, cãpitan, and căpitan

Galician

Alternative forms

• capitam (Reintegrationist)
• capitão (Reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapiˈtaŋ/ [kɑ.piˈt̪ɑŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tán

Noun

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

1. captain

Related terms

• capitanía
• capitanear

Further reading

• “capitán”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin capitāneus, based on Latin caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapiˈtan/ [ka.piˈt̪ãn]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧tán

Noun

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

1. captain

Derived terms

• capitán general
• capitancito
• capitanear
• tordo capitán

 

Related terms

• capataz
• capitanía

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “capitán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014