capitão

Meaning

captain (army officer rank)

Hyphenated as

ca‧pi‧tão

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.piˈtɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Senhoras e senhores , este é o seu capitão falando .

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking.

O capitão falou em voz alta sobre o ocorrido .

The captain spoke aloud about what had happened.

O capitão mandou içar as velas .

The captain had the sails hoisted.