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Definitions of oficial
  1. noun
    a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
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    examples:
    Julio César
    conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
    Oliver Cromwell
    English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
    Ulysses Grant
    18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Robert Edward Lee
    American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
    Napoleón Bonaparte
    French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
    George Washington
    1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
    types:
    capitán
    an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
    coronel
    a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
    oficial general
    officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
    teniente
    a commissioned military officer
    comandante, mayor
    a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
    alférez
    a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
    brigadier, general de brigada
    a general officer ranking below a major general
    mariscal de campo
    an officer holding the highest rank in the army
    teniente primero
    a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain
    general
    a general officer of the highest rank
    teniente coronel
    a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel
    teniente general
    a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general
    mariscal
    a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general
    alférez, subteniente
    a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank
    alférez de navío
    an officer ranking next below a lieutenant
  2. noun
    any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
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    examples:
    Julio César
    conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
    Oliver Cromwell
    English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
    Ulysses Grant
    18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Robert Edward Lee
    American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
    Napoleón Bonaparte
    French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
    George Washington
    1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
    types:
    ayudante, ayudante de campo, edecán
    an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
    oficial del ejército
    an officer in the armed forces
    espadón
    a high-ranking military officer
    jefe de estado mayor
    the senior officer of a service of the armed forces
    comandante
    an officer in command of a military unit
    inspector general
    a military officer responsible for investigations
    oficial de marina
    an officer in the navy
    suboficial
    a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
    generalísimo
    the officer who holds the supreme command
    oficial de marina
    a commissioned officer in the navy
    cabo
    a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
    auditor de guerra
    an officer assigned to the judge advocate general
    suboficial de marina
    a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
    furriel, oficial de intendencia
    an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
    chusquero
    a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status
    sargento
    any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
    type of:
    militar
    someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
  3. noun
    a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
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    types:
    capitán, patrón
    an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
    primer oficial, segundo
    the officer below the master on a commercial ship
    corsario
    an officer or crew member of a privateer
    sobrecargo
    an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
    navegante
    the ship's officer in charge of navigation
    sobrecargo
    an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase
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    lobo de mar, marinero, marino
    a man who serves as a sailor
  4. noun
    a member of a police force
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    types:
    bofia, gris, guili, guindilla, guripa, madero, marrón, pasma, pitufo, poli, polizonte, romano
    uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
    capitán de policía
    a policeman in charge of a precinct
    detective
    a police officer who investigates crimes
    gendarme
    a French policeman
    inspector
    a high ranking police officer
    policía motorizado
    a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)
    policía de tráfico
    a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic
    policía montado
    a mounted policeman
    policía montado
    a state police officer
    policía de paisano
    a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
    type of:
    oficial de la ley
    an officer of the law
  5. noun
    a worker who has acquired special skills
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    examples:
    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
    wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)
    Julio César
    conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
    Oliver Cromwell
    English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
    Ulysses Grant
    18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Robert Edward Lee
    American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
    Napoleón Bonaparte
    French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
    George Washington
    1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
    types:
    aeronauta, aviador
    someone who operates an aircraft
    panadero
    someone who bakes bread or cake
    aeróstata, ascensionista
    someone who flies a balloon
    jifero, matarife
    a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
    calígrafo, pendolista
    someone skilled in penmanship
    cocinero, guisador
    someone who cooks food
    artesano
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
    tripulante
    a member of a flight crew
    cortador
    someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
    delineante, dibujante
    a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
    tintorero
    someone whose job is to dye cloth
    editor
    a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
    chispa, electricista, eléctrico, iluminista
    a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
    grabador
    a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching
    pescador
    someone whose occupation is catching fish
    fundador
    a worker who makes metal castings
    cazador
    someone who hunts game
    remalladora, remendón, reparador
    a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
    empresario de pompas fúnebres
    one whose business is the management of funerals
    funcionario
    a worker who holds or is invested with an office
    anteojero, óptico
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
    pintor
    a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
    enlucidor, yesero
    a worker skilled in applying plaster
    impresor
    someone whose occupation is printing
    cabinista, operador, proyectista
    the person who operates the projector in a movie house
    refinador
    one whose work is to refine a specific thing
    restaurador
    a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
    remachador
    a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
    tripulante
    any member of a ship's crew
    militar
    someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
    Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Skinner
    a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
    técnico
    someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process
    afinador
    someone who tunes pianos
    tornero
    a lathe operator
    comandante
    an officer in the airforce
    pescador de caña
    a fisherman who uses a hook and line
    antologista
    an editor who makes selections for an anthology
    artillero, servidor
    a serviceman in the artillery
    aviadora
    a woman aviator
    alguacil, esbirro
    an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
    bedel
    a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
    esteticista, esteticién
    someone who works in a beauty parlor
    campanero
    a person who casts metal bells
    herrero
    a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
    marinero
    a serviceman in the navy
    alarife, albañil
    a craftsman skilled in building with bricks
    burócrata
    an official of a bureaucracy
    censor
    a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
    censista
    someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes
    funcionario público
    a public official who is a member of the civil service
    relojero
    someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches
    carrocero
    a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles
    comando
    a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
    comisario, comisario político
    an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
    cajista, linotipista, tipógrafo
    one who sets written material into type
    chef
    a professional cook
    intendente
    the cook on a ranch or at a camp
    barrilero, candiotero, carralero, cubero, tonelero
    a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
    calderero, cobrero
    someone who makes articles from copper
    protésico, técnico dental
    someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures)
    diplomático
    an official engaged in international negotiations
    colimba, conscripto, miliciano, quinto, recluta
    someone who is drafted into military service
    subeditor
    an assistant editor
    embalsamador
    a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
    caballerizo del rey
    an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
    cetrero, halconero
    a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
    forjador
    someone who operates a forge
    soplador
    someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass
    cristalero, vidriero
    someone who cuts flat glass to size
    armero, escopetero
    someone who makes or repairs guns
    estilista
    someone who cuts or beautifies hair
    pintor de brocha gorda
    a painter of houses a similar buildings
    cazadora
    a woman hunter
    titular
    the official who holds an office
    juez, magistrado, regente
    a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
    lapidario
    a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
    cazador de leones
    someone who hunts lions
    cerrajero
    someone who makes or repairs locks
    macero
    an official who carries a mace of office
    maquinista, mecánico, operario
    a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
    marine, marino, soldado de infantería de marina
    a member of the United States Marine Corps
    lobo de mar, marinero, marino
    a man who serves as a sailor
    cantero, picapedrero
    a craftsman who works with stone or brick
    molinero
    someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
    editor jefe
    the editor of a newspaper
    no combatiente
    a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
    notario
    someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
    cargo
    someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
    agente federal
    any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
    empapelador
    one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
    piloto
    someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
    fontanero, lampista, plomero
    a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
    Director General de Correos
    the official in charge of the national postal service
    alfarero, cantarero, ceramista
    a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
    corsario
    an officer or crew member of a privateer
    procónsul
    an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
    corrector
    someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
    fiscal
    a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
    redactor, refundidor
    someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
    registrador
    someone responsible for keeping records
    regulador
    an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
    reparador
    a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
    escenógrafo
    a painter of theatrical scenery
    rotulista
    someone who paints signs and billboards etc.
    recechor
    someone who stalks game
    curtidor, zurrador
    a craftsman who tans skins and hides
    taxidermista
    a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display
    escrutador
    an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
    chapista, hojalatero, latero
    someone who makes or repairs tinware
    secretario del ayuntamiento
    the official who keeps a town's records
    rastreador
    someone who tracks down game
    cepero, trampero
    someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
    tapicero
    a craftsman who upholsters furniture
    portero, ujier
    an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
    ex-combatiente, excombatiente, veterano
    a person who has served in the armed forces
    visir
    a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
    voluntario
    (military) a person who freely enlists for service
    tejedor
    a craftsman who weaves cloth
    soldador
    joins pieces of metal by welding them together
    escaparatista
    someone who decorates shop windows
    yatista
    a person who owns or sails a yacht
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    trabajador
    a person who works at a specific occupation
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