intendente

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from French intendant.

    Noun

    intendente m or f by sense (plural intendenti)

    1. a financial administrator
    2. a colonel in certain military forces
    Derived terms
    • intendente di finanza
    • intendente generale

    Etymology 2

    Participle

    intendente m or f by sense (plural intendenti)

    1. present participle of intendere

    Further reading

    • “intendente”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

    Portuguese

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.tẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tẽˈdẽ.tɨ/

    • Hyphenation: in‧ten‧den‧te

    Noun

    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

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    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. (Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense) ellipsis of intendente municipal (“mayor or county administrator”)
      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

    Derived terms

    Further reading

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