capitão.
captain (army officer rank)
Meaning & usage
captain (army officer rank)
captain
A term of address for someone
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese capitan, capitam, from Genoese Ligurian capitan, from Late Latin capitānus, from capitāneus, or from Latin capitālis.
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