caudillo

From Spanish caudillo, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin caput, capitis (“head”). Doublet of cadet.

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈdiː(j)oʊ/, /kaʊˈdiː(j)oʊ/

caudillo (plural caudillos)

1. A leader.
2. A military dictator, especially one ruling in Latin America.
   • 1994 October 14, Dallas Morning News:

     For, despite all the debunking and cynicism in this generation, there still are, amazingly, trusting people around who need to believe in great helmsmen, dear leaders, fuhrers, presidents-for-life, generalissimos and charismatic caudillos.

• caudilloship

From Spanish caudillo, from Late Latin capitellum. Doublet of chapiteau.

• IPA^(key): /kaw.di.jo/, /ko.di.jo/

caudillo m (plural caudillos)

1. caudillo

• “caudillo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• cabdillo (obsolete)

From Old Spanish cabdiello, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin caput, capitis.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /kauˈdiʎo/, [kau̯ˈðiʎo]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /kauˈdiɟ͡ʝo/, [kau̯ˈðiʝo]

caudillo m (plural caudillos)

1. caudillo

• acaudillar
• caudillaje m
• caudillazgo m
• caudillismo m

• → Catalan: cabdill (from obsolete form cabdillo)
• → English: caudillo
• → French: caudillo
• → Portuguese: caudilho

• “caudillo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.