capitán
See also: capitan, cãpitan, and căpitan
Galician
Noun
capitán m (plural capitáns, feminine capitá, feminine plural capitás)
- captain
Related terms
- capitanía
- capitanear
Further reading
- “capitán” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin capitāneus[1], based on Latin caput (“head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kapiˈtan/ [ka.piˈt̪ãn]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ca‧pi‧tán
Noun
capitán m (plural capitanes, feminine capitana, feminine plural capitanas)
- captain
Derived terms
- capitancito
- capitán general
- capitanear
Related terms
- capataz
- capitanía
Descendants
- → English: capitan
- → Tagalog: kapitan
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “capitán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014