intendente

intendant

noun een-ten-DEN-teh Rare

Origin: French intendant, from Latin intendere

Also means

mayor (Latin America)

Usage Note

Intendente has different referents by region: in colonial history it was the Crown-appointed administrator of a province; in several Latin American countries today (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) it means the mayor or chief executive of a municipality or province; in Spain it survives mainly as a historical or military title. Context is essential to understand which role is meant.

Examples

"El intendente inauguró el nuevo parque."

Natural Translation

The mayor inaugurated the new park.

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