presidenta

Catalan

Etymology

From president +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.ziˈðen.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ziˈðen.ta]

Noun

presidenta f (plural presidentes)

1. female equivalent of president

   Synonym: president

Portuguese

Etymology

From presidente (“president”) +‎ -a (“feminine suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ziˈdẽ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ziˈdẽ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ziˈdẽ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.ziˈdẽ.tɐ/ [pɾɨ.ziˈðẽ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: pre‧si‧den‧ta

Noun

presidenta f (plural presidentas)

1. (Brazil) a female president

   Synonym: presidente

2. (dated) the president’s wife

   Synonym: primeira-dama

Spanish

Etymology

From presidente (“president”) +‎ -a (“feminine suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesiˈdenta/ [pɾe.siˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: pre‧si‧den‧ta

Noun

presidenta f (plural presidentas)

1. female equivalent of presidente
2. president's wife

   Synonym: primera dama

Further reading

• “presidente”, 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