Caetano

Galician

Alternative forms

• Caitán (given name)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano, name of a saint. Compare Sicilian Caitanu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaeˈtano̝/, /kae̯ˈtano̝/

Proper noun

Caetano m or f

1. (masculine) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Cajetan
2. a surname

References

• “Caetano” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano, name of a saint. Compare Sicilian Caitanu.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kajˈtɐ̃.nu/ [kaɪ̯ˈtɐ̃.nu], /ka.eˈtɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kajˈtɐ̃.nu/ [kaɪ̯ˈtɐ̃.nu], /ka.eˈtɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.eˈtɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kajˈtɐ.nu/, /kɐ.ɛˈtɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kajˈtɐ.nu/, /kɐ.ɛˈtɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kajˈta.nu/, /kɐ.ɛˈta.nu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃nu, -ɐnu
• Hyphenation: Ca‧e‧ta‧no

Proper noun

Caetano m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Cajetan

Derived terms

• Caetanópolis
• Caetanos