capitanear
Portuguese, verb/ka.pi.ta.neˈa(ʁ)/
capitanear is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-N-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capitanear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to command, captain, govern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dirigir, liderar ou comandar como capitão”.
What does capitanear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to command, captain, govern
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dirigir, liderar ou comandar como capitão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of capitanear
- capitaneio first-person present singular
- capitaneei first-person preterite singular
- capitaneado participle past
- capitaneares infinitive second-person singular
- capitanearmos first-person infinitive plural
- capitaneardes infinitive plural second-person
- capitanearem infinitive plural third-person
- capitaneando gerund
- capitaneados masculine participle past
- capitaneada feminine participle past
- capitaneadas feminine participle past
- capitaneias indicative present second-person
- capitaneia indicative present singular
- capitaneamos first-person indicative plural
- capitaneais indicative plural present
- capitaneiam indicative plural present
- capitaneava first-person imperfect indicative
- capitaneavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capitanear?
- Brazil /ka.pi.ta.neˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ka.pi.ta.neˈa(h)]
- /ka.pi.ta.neˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capitanear in Portuguese?
capitanear appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).