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Capitano is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Capitano in a sentence

Capitano meaning

  1. A head man.
  2. One of the four stock characters of commedia dell'arte, who typically appropriated the name "captain" for himself but was not one; he was often a blowhard and a swaggerer who could maintain his self-important claims only if none of the locals knew him.

Using Capitano

  • The main meaning on this page is: A head man. | One of the four stock characters of commedia dell'arte, who typically appropriated the name "captain" for himself but was not one; he was often a blowhard and a swaggerer who could maintain his self-important claims only if none of the locals knew him.
  • In the example corpus, capitano often appears in combinations such as: the capitano, il capitano.

Context around Capitano

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

played 1× del 1× usually 1× incarnation 1×

Sentence patterns with Capitano

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

capitano was remanded 1× corrupted the capitano del popolo 1× dramatic io capitano i captain 1× for the capitano incarnation who 1× guerre il capitano usually has 1× much to capitano s bewilderment 1× play where capitano played by 1× to il capitano and shares 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

capitano was remanded 1× columbina sometimes uses 1× eventually however after 1× major bloodnok of 1× matteo garrone s 1× noms de guerre 1×

Common sentence endings:

a singing puppet 1× bewilderment and fright 1× greed and cowardice 1× issue global migration 1× lists of relations 1× of san marco 1×

Words around Capitano

Just before it in the word index:

capitani 2 capitanes 4 capitan 40 capitalworks 2 capitals 582 capitalk 2

Just after it in the word index:

capitated 2 capitation 19 capitec 14 capitis 2 capito 32 capitol 2.080

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Capitano

  • In this selection, "capitano" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, played, del and usually stand out and add context to how "capitano" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include capitano was remanded and corrupted the capitano del popolo. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "capitano" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with capitano

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Capitano was remanded to jail and will appear in Webster Town Court on the charges. (15 words)

Columbina sometimes uses him to make Arlecchino jealous, much to Capitano's bewilderment and fright. (15 words)

Matteo Garrone’s dramatic “Io Capitano” (“I Captain”) uses fiction to illuminate what may be this young century’s gravest issue: global migration. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Eventually, however, after a long siege, Pisa was occupied by Florentines in 1406: in fact florentines corrupted the Capitano del Popolo ("People's Chieftain") Giovanni Gambacorta that opened by night the city gate of San Marco. (36 words)

Noms de guerre Il Capitano usually has a properly showy name for himself, preferably several lines long and followed by many made-up titles and lists of relations. (28 words)

The first section of the play where Capitano, played by James Peck with humor and depth, drills and admonishes three soldiers, Ruzzante, Brighella, and Stupino, is funny. (27 words)

Example sentences (8)

Matteo Garrone’s dramatic “Io Capitano” (“I Captain”) uses fiction to illuminate what may be this young century’s gravest issue: global migration.

Capitano was remanded to jail and will appear in Webster Town Court on the charges.

The first section of the play where Capitano, played by James Peck with humor and depth, drills and admonishes three soldiers, Ruzzante, Brighella, and Stupino, is funny.

Columbina sometimes uses him to make Arlecchino jealous, much to Capitano's bewilderment and fright.

Eventually, however, after a long siege, Pisa was occupied by Florentines in 1406: in fact florentines corrupted the Capitano del Popolo ("People's Chieftain") Giovanni Gambacorta that opened by night the city gate of San Marco.

Major Bloodnok of the Goon Show bears some resemblance to Il Capitano and shares many of his traits, such as lust, greed and cowardice.

Noms de guerre Il Capitano usually has a properly showy name for himself, preferably several lines long and followed by many made-up titles and lists of relations.

The former is for the Capitano incarnation, who seeks to fight all the other characters and the latter is for a singing puppet.

Common combinations with capitano

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "capitano" in a sentence?
An example: "Matteo Garrone’s dramatic “Io Capitano” (“I Captain”) uses fiction to illuminate what may be this young century’s gravest issue: global migration." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "capitano" from authentic English texts.
What does "capitano" mean?
Capitano means: A head man.
How many example sentences with "capitano" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "capitano", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.