capataz

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish capataz.

Noun

capataz (plural capataces)

  1. 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish capataz.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.paˈta(j)s/ [ka.paˈta(ɪ̯)s]

  • Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧taz

Noun

capataz m (plural capatazes)

  1. (management) foreman
    Synonyms: gerente, administrador, chefe, controlador, feitor, organizador, superintendente, supervisor

Descendants

  • Kadiwéu: gabateegi

References

  1. ^ “capataz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

Noun

capataz m (plural capataces, feminine capataz or capataza, feminine plural capataces or capatazas)

  1. (management) foreman
  2. boss, overseer
    Synonym: amo
    • 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

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