Masculine
Meaning
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) manager, supervisor (a person whose job is to manage a business)
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, historical, masculine) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator in the Spanish Empire)
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) quartermaster general
- (Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense, abbreviation, alt-of, by-personal-gender, ellipsis, feminine, masculine) ellipsis of intendente municipal (“mayor or county administrator”)
- (Chile, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) governor, intendant (the leader of a region)
- (Colombia, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) a rank in the National Police
- (Costa-Rica, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) intendant (the leader of a special semi-autonomous district)
- (Cuba, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) intendant (a local government administrator)
- (Ecuador, Mexico, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) inspector
- (Paraguay, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) intendant (the leader of a district)
- (Uruguay, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) intendant (the leader of a department)
Synonyms
oficial de intendencia
jefe de un ayllu entero
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
in‧ten‧den‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/intenˈdente/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from French intendant, introduced by the common Bourbon dynasty for various functions.
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