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intendente

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nounfemininemasculine
  1. manager, supervisora person whose job is to manage a business
  2. intendanta high-ranking local administrator in the Spanish Empire
  3. quartermaster general
  4. governor, intendantthe leader of a region
  5. a rank in the National Police

Forms

noun

pluralintendentes
feminineintendente
feminineintendenta
feminine pluralintendentes
feminine pluralintendentas

Used in the library

  • El intendente visitó el mercado municipal el sábado.The mayor visited the municipal market on Saturday.B2Otra vez, por favor (27) — Once more, please (27) (B2)
  • El intendente propuso cerrar el centro a los autos.The mayor proposed closing the centre to cars.B2Otra vez, por favor (25) — Once more, please (25) (B2)
  • Y anota, con la precisión de un intendente, que el cacao se le servía "en unas copas de oro fino, con cierta bebida hecha del mismo cacao, que decían que era para tener acceso con mujeres".And he notes, with a quartermaster's precision, that the cocoa was served to him "in cups of fine gold, with a certain drink made of the same cocoa, which they said was for having access to women".C1Bernal Díaz y la Conquista — Bernal Díaz and the Conquest

Other ways to say it

  • alcaldemayor (the leader of a city or a municipality); an official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge
  • directordirector; conductor (of a musical ensemble)
  • gerentemanager

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