capataz

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noun

boss, foreman, overseer

OriginSpanish capataz ← Latin caput ← Proto-Italic *kaput →
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Meanings

nouncapataz (plural capataces)

plural capataces · alternative capatas

  1. boss, foreman, overseer

    The capataz of the batey gang, a tall flushed Jamaican negro, passed on a cantering white pony.

    1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Cytherea
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    “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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  4. Proto-Italic*kaput
  5. Latincaput
  6. Spanishcapataz
  7. Englishcapataz

Borrowed from Spanish capataz.

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APA

capataz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capataz

MLA

“capataz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capataz. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “capataz,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capataz.

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