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viceministro

deputy minister

noun bee-seh-mee-NEES-troh Rare

Usage Note

Viceministro is the official title for the minister's second-in-command in many Latin American government systems; in Spain the more common equivalent is subsecretario. The feminine form is viceministra. The prefix vice- (from Latin vicis, 'in place of') appears in many Spanish titles: vicepresidente, vicedecano.

Examples

"El viceministro firmó el acuerdo."

Natural Translation

The deputy minister signed the agreement.

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