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Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by dragontamer on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:08PM (#33266544)
> corsario

Good grief. The word "Corsair" in English means Pirate (or at least: Pirate Ship), but the word "corsario" in Spanish apparently means privateer.

Apparently this "Pirate vs Privateer" issue turns into a fundamental linguistic issue depending on what side you were on in the 1500s age of sail.

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> vicealmirante

I'm amused that Captain translates into Vice Admiral.

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Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by svachalek on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:50PM (#33267124)
Interesting, capitán is definitely a word (yo no soy marinero, as they say in La Bamba)
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Re:A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True (2017) by jjk166 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @04:43PM (#33267678)
> I'm amused that Captain translates into Vice Admiral.

Francis Drake actually was an English Vice Admiral. The Spanish wikipedia is just more precise than the English one which merely calls him a naval officer.

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