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capataz

capataz noun: boss, foreman, overseer.

Noun

capataz (plural capataces)

  1. boss, foreman, overseer
    • “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.”1903, Joseph Conrad, F. M. Hueffer, Romance
    • The capataz of the batey gang, a tall flushed Jamaican negro, passed on a cantering white pony.1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Cytherea

Forms of capataz

pluralcapataces
alternative formcapatas

Origin of capataz

Borrowed from Spanish capataz.

Questions about capataz

What does capataz mean?
Capataz means boss, foreman, overseer.
What part of speech is capataz?
Capataz is a noun.
What is the plural of capataz?
The plural of capataz is capataces.

Words near capataz in the dictionary

  1. Capataan
  2. capataces
  3. capatain
  4. capatains
  5. capatas
  6. capataz
  7. capaxorder
  8. capaxorders
  9. capazepine
  10. CAPB
  11. capbadge

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