capitán

m.

1 captain, master mariner, skipper.

2 captain.

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capitán

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (oficial) captain

2 (jefe) leader, chief

3 DEPORTE captain

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FRASEOLOGÍA

capitán de corbeta lieutenant commander

capitán de fragata commander

capitán general field marshal, US general of the army

capitán general de la Armada Admiral of the Fleet

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(f. - capitana)

noun

captain

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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

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masculino

1)

a) (del ejército) captain; (de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)

b) (Náut) (de transatlántico, carguero) captain, master; (de buque de pesca) skipper

c) (Aviac) captain

- capitán de corbeta

- capitán de fragata

- capitán de navío

- capitán general

2) (de equipo) captain

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= 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.

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* actuar de capitán = skipper, captain.

* capitán de la marina = naval captain.

* capitán marítimo del puerto = harbour master.

* ser el capitán = skipper, captain.

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masculino

1)

a) (del ejército) captain; (de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)

b) (Náut) (de transatlántico, carguero) captain, master; (de buque de pesca) skipper

c) (Aviac) captain

- capitán de corbeta

- capitán de fragata

- capitán de navío

- capitán general

2) (de equipo) captain

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= 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.

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capitán¹

masculine

1 (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) skipper

donde manda capitán no manda marinero I/you/they have to do as I'm/you're/they're told

3 (Aviac) captain

Compuestos:

● capitán de corbeta

lieutenant commander

● capitán de fragata

lieutenant commander

● capitán de navío

captain

● capitán de puerto

harbormaster*

● 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 -tana

masculine, feminine

(de un equipo) captain

Compuesto:

capitán de meseros

(Méx) head waiter

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capitán

◊ -tana sustantivo masculino, femenino

1

a) (del ejército) captain;

(de la Fuerza Aérea) captain (AmE), flight lieutenant (BrE)

b) (Náut) (de transatlántico, carguero) captain, master;

(de buque de pesca) skipper

c) (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

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capitán, -ana nm,f

1. [en ejército de tierra] captain;

[en aviación] Br flight lieutenant, US captain; [en marina] lieutenant

Comp

capitán de corbeta lieutenant commander;

capitán de fragata commander;

capitán general Br field marshal, US general of the army

2. [de transatlántico] captain;

[de pesquero] captain, skipper

Comp

capitán de puerto harbourmaster

3. [de equipo deportivo] captain

4. CAm, Méx, Ven [restaurante] head waiter, maitre d'

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capitán

m, capitana f captain

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capitán, -tana n, mpl -tanes : captain

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capitán n captain