/ka-pi-tan/

kapitan

1 meaning · n.

n.

captain

Also accepted:village chiefhead of a barangay or barrioanything used to hold on (such as a railing, banister, etc.)honorific used before the name of a captain or local head of a community: Captainduring the Spanish colonial period, the term used to call the gobernadorcillo VAR capital

Si Kapitan Jose ang pinuno ng barangay.

Captain Jose is the leader of the barangay.

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