departamento

Portuguese

Etymology

From French département.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.paʁ.ta.ˈmẽ.tu/

Noun

departamento m (plural departamentos)

1. department (administrative subdivision of an organisation)
2. (government) département (county-level administrative unit in various French-speaking countries)

Further reading

• “departamento” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From French département.

Noun

departamento m (plural departamentos)

1. department
2. (Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru) apartment, flat

   Synonyms: apartamento (Colombia, Caribbean Islands, Central America, Uruguay, Venezuela), piso (Spain)

Derived terms

• tienda por departamentos

Further reading

• “departamento” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.