- capitán
- m.1 captain, master mariner, skipper.2 captain.* * *capitán► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (oficial) captain2 (jefe) leader, chief3 DEPORTE captain\FRASEOLOGÍAcapitán de corbeta lieutenant commandercapitán de fragata commandercapitán general field marshal, US general of the armycapitán general de la Armada Admiral of the Fleet* * *(f. - capitana)nouncaptain* * *SM [gen] captain; (fig) leader, chief; Méx [en hotel] maître d'(hôtel)
capitán de corbeta — lieutenant commander
capitán de fragata — commander
capitán del puerto — harbour o (EEUU) harbor master
capitán de navío — captain
capitán general — [de ejército] ≈ field marshal; [de armada] chief of naval operations
* * *masculino1)a) (del ejército) captain; (de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)b) (Náut) (de transatlántico, carguero) captain, master; (de buque de pesca) skipperc) (Aviac) captain2) (de equipo) captain* * *= captain, skipper.Ex. During his stay in Laputa, captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.Ex. Then our skipper, David Proctor, noticed that we were off course.----* actuar de capitán = skipper, captain.* capitán de la marina = naval captain.* capitán marítimo del puerto = harbour master.* ser el capitán = skipper, captain.* * *masculino1)a) (del ejército) captain; (de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)b) (Náut) (de transatlántico, carguero) captain, master; (de buque de pesca) skipperc) (Aviac) captain2) (de equipo) captain* * *= captain, skipper.Ex: During his stay in Laputa, captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.
Ex: Then our skipper, David Proctor, noticed that we were off course.* actuar de capitán = skipper, captain.* capitán de la marina = naval captain.* capitán marítimo del puerto = harbour master.* ser el capitán = skipper, captain.* * *capitán1masculine1 (del ejército) captain; (de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)2 (Náut) (de un transatlántico, carguero) captain, master; (de un buque de pesca) skipperdonde manda capitán no manda marinero I/you/they have to do as I'm/you're/they're told3 (Aviac) captainCompuestos:● capitán de corbetalieutenant commander● capitán de fragatalieutenant commander● capitán de navíocaptain● capitán de puertoharbormaster*● capitán general(del ejército) general of the Army (AmE), field marshal (BrE); (de la fuerza aérea) general of the Air Force (AmE), Marshal of the Royal Air Force (BrE)capitán2 -tanamasculine, feminine(de un equipo) captainCompuesto:capitán de meseros(Méx) head waiter* * *
capitán◊ -tana sustantivo masculino, femenino
1a) (del ejército) captain;
(de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)b) (Náut) (de transatlántico, carguero) captain, master;
(de buque de pesca) skipperc) (Aviac) captain
2 (Dep) captain
capitán,-ana sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 Mil captain
capitán general, field marshal, US general of the army
2 Náut captain, familiar skipper
capitán de fragata, commander
3 Dep captain
'capitán' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capitana
- mi
English:
captain
- command
- commander
- master
- skipper
- subaltern
- guide
- head
* * *capitán, -ana nm,f1. [en ejército de tierra] captain;[en aviación] Br flight lieutenant, US captain; [en marina] lieutenantCompcapitán de corbeta lieutenant commander;capitán de fragata commander;capitán general Br field marshal, US general of the army2. [de transatlántico] captain;[de pesquero] captain, skipperCompcapitán de puerto harbourmaster3. [de equipo deportivo] captain4. CAm, Méx, Ven [restaurante] head waiter, maitre d'* * *capitánm, capitana f captain* * *capitán, -tana n, mpl -tanes : captain* * *capitán n captain
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.