capitán
Galician edit
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Noun edit
capitán m (plural capitáns, feminine capitá, feminine plural capitás)
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Further reading edit
- “capitán” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin capitāneus,[1] based on Latin caput (“head”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
capitán m (plural capitanes, feminine capitana, feminine plural capitanas)
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Descendants edit
- → English: capitan
- → Tagalog: kapitan
- → Ye'kwana: kajichaana
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “capitán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014