superintendente
See also: super-intendente
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsu.pe.ɾ‿ĩ.tẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsu.pe.ɾ‿ĩ.tẽˈdẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.pɛ.ɾ‿ĩ.tẽˈdẽ.tɨ/
- Rhymes: -ẽti, -ẽtɨ
- Hyphenation: su‧pe‧rin‧ten‧den‧te
Noun
superintendente m or f by sense (plural superintendentes)
- (management) superintendent
- Synonyms: gerente, administrador, capataz, chefe, controlador, feitor, organizador, supervisor
Further reading
- “superintendente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “superintendente”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
- “superintendente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “superintendente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “superintendente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /supeɾintenˈdente/ [su.peɾ.ĩn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: su‧per‧in‧ten‧den‧te
Noun
superintendente m (plural superintendentes, feminine superintendente or superintendenta, feminine plural superintendentes or superintendentas)
Further reading
- “superintendente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish superintendente.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /supeɾintenˈdente/ [sʊ.pɛ.ɾɪn̪.t̪ɛn̪ˈd̪ɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: su‧pe‧rin‧ten‧den‧te
Noun
superintendente (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- superintendent (a person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something)
- Synonyms: tagapamahala, tagapangasiwa, tagapamanihala
See also
Further reading
- “superintendente”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “superintendente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 545