contralor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French contrôleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾaˈloɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈloɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧lor

Noun

contralor m (plural contralores, feminine contralora, feminine plural contraloras)

1. comptroller
   • 2015 December 10, “INE desembolsa 9 millones de pesos en prestaciones”, in Frontera.info‎^[1]:

     El Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) dedicará 9 millones de pesos para el pago de aguinaldo a consejeros electorales, secretario ejecutivo, contralor, directores, todos integrantes de la Junta General Ejecutiva del organismo.

     The National Electoral Institute (INE) will dedicate 9 million pesos for the payment of bonuses to the electoral counselors, executive secretary, comptroller, directors, all the members of the Joint General Executive corporation.

Derived terms

• contraloría

 

Further reading

• “contralor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28