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capitão

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See also: capitaõ and Capitão

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese capitan, capitam, from Genoese Ligurian capitan, from Late Latin capitānus, from capitāneus, or from Latin capitālis.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tão
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Particularly: "Brazilian Portuguese"

Noun

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capitão m (plural capitães, feminine capitã or (rare) capitoa, feminine plural capitãs or (rare) capitoas)

  1. (military) captain (army officer rank)
  2. (Brazil, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone
    Synonyms: amigo, chefe, major, grande, jogador

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Further reading

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