lugarteniente

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locum tenentem (“place haver, one who holds a place”). Cognate with English lieutenant and French lieutenant. Morphologically equivalent to lugar (“place”) +‎ teniente (“haver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luɡaɾteˈnjente/ [lu.ɣ̞aɾ.t̪eˈnjẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: lu‧gar‧te‧nien‧te

Noun

lugarteniente m (plural lugartenientes, feminine lugarteniente or lugartenienta, feminine plural lugartenientes or lugartenientas)

1. deputy, lieutenant

Further reading

• “lugarteniente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10