cacique
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Arawak kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).
Noun[edit]
cacique (plural caciques)
- (historical) A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
- Synonym: chieftain
- A local political leader in Latin America.
- Coordinate term: caudillo
- (ornithology) Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish cacique.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cacique m (plural caciques)
- (historical) chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)
- (by extension) a very powerful person
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Arawak kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ca‧ci‧que
Noun[edit]
cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacica, feminine plural cacicas)
- (historical) cacique (chieftain)
- Synonym: chefe
- (by extension) very powerful person
Derived terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Taíno *kasike (“chieftain”) or Arawak kassequa (“chieftain; power”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacica, feminine plural cacicas)
- (historical) chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)
- (by extension) powerful person, fat cat
- (ornithology) cacique (bird)
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cacique” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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