capataz
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish capataz.
Noun edit
capataz (plural capataces)
- boss, foreman, overseer
- 1903, Joseph Conrad, F. M. Hueffer, Romance[1]:
- “My gentle spirit is roused to the accomplishment of great things. I feel in me a valiance, an inspiration. I am no vulgar seller of aguardiente, like Domingo. I was born to be the capataz of the Lugarenos.”
- 1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Cytherea[2]:
- The capataz of the batey gang, a tall flushed Jamaican negro, passed on a cantering white pony.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish capataz.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧taz
Noun edit
capataz m (plural capatazes)
- (management) foreman
- Synonyms: gerente, administrador, chefe, controlador, feitor, organizador, superintendente, supervisor
Descendants edit
- Kadiwéu: gabateegi
References edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kapaˈtaθ/ [ka.paˈt̪aθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kapaˈtas/ [ka.paˈt̪as]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ca‧pa‧taz
Noun edit
capataz m (plural capataces, feminine capataz or capataza, feminine plural capataces or capatazas)
- (management) foreman
- overseer
- 1917, Horacio Quiroga, “Los Mensú”, in Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte[3]:
- Los perseguidores lo presumían; pero como dentro del monte, el que ataca tiene cien probabilidades contra una de ser detenido por una bala en mitad de la frente, el capataz se contentaba con salvas de winchester y aullidos desafiantes.
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “capataz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014