mayordomía

Spanish

Etymology

From mayordomo +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

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)

stewardship
butlerhood

Further reading

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

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