Masculine

intendente

Meaning

  1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) manager, supervisor (a person whose job is to manage a business)
  2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, historical, masculine) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator in the Spanish Empire)
  3. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) quartermaster general
  4. (Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense, abbreviation, alt-of, by-personal-gender, ellipsis, feminine, masculine) ellipsis of intendente municipal (“mayor or county administrator”)
  5. (Chile, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) governor, intendant (the leader of a region)
  6. (Colombia, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) a rank in the National Police
  7. (Costa-Rica, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) intendant (the leader of a special semi-autonomous district)
  8. (Cuba, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) intendant (a local government administrator)
  9. (Ecuador, Mexico, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) inspector
  10. (Paraguay, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) intendant (the leader of a district)
  11. (Uruguay, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) intendant (the leader of a department)

Frequency

33k
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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