intendente
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
- (Argentina,Uruguay,by-personal-gender,feminine,masculine) mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)
- (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)
Concepts
mayor
quartermaster
manager
cacique
chief
intendant
provost
Frequency
Hyphenated as
in‧ten‧den‧te
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/intenˈdente/
Etymology
Borrowed from the French intendant, introduced by the common Bourbon dynasty for various functions.
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Sentences
Debido a ello 
, algunos dirigentes protestaron ante el Intendente de Santiago 
.
Because of this, some leaders protested before the Mayor of Santiago.
