capitão

See also: capitaõ and Capitão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.pi.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tão

Noun

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

  1. (military) captain (army officer rank)

Descendants

Further reading
  • capitão in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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