mayordomía

Spanish

Etymology

From mayordomo +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maʝoɾdoˈmia/ [ma.ʝoɾ.ð̞oˈmi.a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maʝoɾdoˈmia/ [ma.ʝoɾ.ð̞oˈmi.a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maʃoɾdoˈmia/ [ma.ʃoɾ.ð̞oˈmi.a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maʒoɾdoˈmia/ [ma.ʒoɾ.ð̞oˈmi.a]

• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ma‧yor‧do‧mí‧a

Noun

mayordomía f (plural mayordomías)

1. stewardship
2. butlerhood

Further reading

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