caudillo

Signification (Anglais)

1. A leader.
2. A military dictator, especially one ruling in Spain, Portugal or Latin America.

Concepts

caudillo

chef

chef de file

conducteur

dirigeant

leader

Synonymes

authority

bellwether

boss

chairperson

chief

conductor

fuhrer

gaffer

head

honcho

leader

mastermind

ringleader

ruler

tribune

Traductions

caudilho

caudillo

dirigent

Anführer

Führer

Hauptmann

Leiter

🪜

Kopf

Führerin

Filmanfang

Leittier

Tabellenführer

Vorsteigerin

Leitwolf

líder

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɔˈdiː(j)oʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Spanish caudillo, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin caput, capitis (“head”). Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capital, and capitellum. More possible, from kaput and ili (iri, ür, uri: town), from Basque language. In Iberian ili is high point, high city.