superintendente

See also: super-intendente

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧pe‧rin‧ten‧den‧te

Noun

superintendente m or f by sense (plural superintendentes)

1. (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, 2008–2025
• “superintendente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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)

1. superintendent

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

• super-intendente

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)

1. superintendent (a person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something)

   Synonyms: tagapamahala, tagapangasiwa, tagapamanihala

See also

• administrador
• direktor
• hepe

Further reading

• “superintendente”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “superintendente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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