caudillo

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish caudillo, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin caput, capitis (“head”). Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capital, and capitellum. More possible, from kaput and ili (iri, ür, uri: town), from Basque language. In Iberian ili is high point, high city. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔˈdiː(j)oʊ/, /kaʊˈdiː(j)oʊ/ === Noun === caudillo (plural caudillos) A leader. A military dictator, especially one ruling in Spain, Portugal or Latin America. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== caudillismo === Further reading === caudillo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === lodicula == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish caudillo, from Late Latin capitellum. Doublet of cadeau, cadet, and chapiteau. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaw.di.jo/, /ko.di.jo/ === Noun === caudillo m (plural caudillos) caudillo === Further reading === “caudillo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Spanish caudillo. === Noun === caudillo m (plural caudillo) caudillo ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === cabdillo (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish cabdiello, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin capitem. === Pronunciation === Syllabification: cau‧di‧llo === Noun === caudillo m (plural caudillos) military leader, caudillo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: cabdill (from obsolete form cabdillo) → English: caudillo → French: caudillo → Portuguese: caudilho → Russian: кауди́льо (kaudílʹo) === Further reading === “caudillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 caudillo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es