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capitán

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See also: capitan, cãpitan, and căpitan

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. captain
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Further reading

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Spanish

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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

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kapiˈtan/ [ka.piˈt̪ãn]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ca‧pi‧tán

Noun

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

  1. captain (leader)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  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

Further reading

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