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)

deputy, lieutenant

Further reading

“lugarteniente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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