capitanejo
Spanish, noun/kapitaˈnexo/
capitanejo is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-N-E-J-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 155,407th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capitanejo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a subordinate of a cacique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does capitanejo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea subordinate of a cacique
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of capitanejo
- capitanejos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capitanejo?
- /kapitaˈnexo/
- [ka.pi.t̪aˈne.xo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capitanejo in Spanish?
capitanejo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).