capitanear
Spanish, verb/kapitaneˈaɾ/
capitanear is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-N-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capitanear is a Spanish verb meaning “to command” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mandar tropa haciendo oficio de capitán”.
What does capitanear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to command
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mandar tropa haciendo oficio de capitán. 2. Guiar o conducir cualquier gente, aunque no sea militar ni armada.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of capitanear
- capitaneo first-person present singular
- capitaneé first-person preterite singular
- capitaneado participle past
- capitaneando gerund
- capitaneada feminine participle past
- capitaneados masculine participle past
- capitaneadas feminine participle past
- capitaneas indicative informal present
- capitaneás indicative informal present
- capitanea indicative present singular
- capitaneamos first-person indicative plural
- capitaneáis indicative plural present
- capitanean indicative plural present
- capitaneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- capitaneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- capitaneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- capitaneabais imperfect indicative plural
- capitaneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capitanear?
- /kapitaneˈaɾ/
- [ka.pi.t̪a.neˈaɾ]
- [kapit̪aneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capitanear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capitanear in Spanish?
capitanear appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).