Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /in.tenˈdɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: in‧ten‧dèn‧te

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French intendant.

Noun edit

intendente m or f by sense (plural intendenti)

  1. a financial administrator
  2. a colonel in certain military forces
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Etymology 2 edit

Participle edit

intendente (plural intendenti)

  1. present participle of intendere

Further reading edit

  • intendente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from the French intendant, introduced by the Bourbon dynasty for various functions.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: in‧ten‧den‧te

Noun edit

intendente m or f by sense (plural intendentes)

  1. (historical) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator)
  2. superintendent, administrator
  3. (military) quartermaster
  4. a rank in the Portuguese Public Security Police
  5. (Brazil, obsolete) mayor
    Synonym: prefeito

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from the French intendant, introduced by the common Bourbon dynasty for various functions.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /intenˈdente/ [ĩn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: in‧ten‧den‧te

Noun edit

intendente m or f by sense (plural intendentes, feminine intendente or intendenta, feminine plural intendentes or intendentas)

  1. manager, supervisor (a person whose job is to manage a business)
    Synonyms: gerente, director
  2. (historical) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator in the Spanish Empire)
  3. (military) quartermaster general
  4. (Argentina, Uruguay) mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)
    Synonyms: intendente municipal, alcalde
  5. (Chile) governor, intendant (the leader of a region)
  6. (Colombia) a rank in the National Police
  7. (Costa Rica) intendant (the leader of a special semi-autonomous district)
  8. (Cuba) intendant (a local government administrator)
  9. (Ecuador, Mexico, law enforcement) inspector
  10. (Paraguay) intendant (the leader of a district)
  11. (Uruguay) intendant (the leader of a department)
    Synonym: intendente departamental

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