capataz
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish capataz.
Noun
editcapataz (plural capataces)
- 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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish capataz.[1]
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧taz
Noun
editcapataz m (plural capatazes)
- (management) foreman
- Synonyms: gerente, administrador, chefe, controlador, feitor, organizador, superintendente, supervisor
Descendants
edit- Kadiwéu: gabateegi
References
edit- ^ “capataz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /kapaˈtaθ/ [ka.paˈt̪aθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kapaˈtas/ [ka.paˈt̪as]
- Rhymes: -aθ
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ca‧pa‧taz
Noun
editcapataz m (plural capataces, feminine capataz or capataza, feminine plural capataces or capatazas)
- (management) foreman
- overseer
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “capataz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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