caudilho

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish caudillo, from Old Spanish cabdiello, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin capitem. Doublet of cabedelo, coudel, capitel, capitelo, and cadete. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iʎu Hyphenation: cau‧di‧lho === Noun === caudilho m (plural caudilhos, feminine caudilha, feminine plural caudilhas) (politics) caudillo (a military dictator, especially in Latin American) Synonym: ditador militar a local violent and authoritarian political leader; a strongman Synonym: coronel === Adjective === caudilho (feminine caudilha, masculine plural caudilhos, feminine plural caudilhas) violent and authoritarian === Further reading === “caudilho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caudilho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026