gobierno

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish gobierno.

Noun

gobierno

1. government

Related terms

• gobernador

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish gobierno.

Noun

gobierno

1. government.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈbjeɾno/ [ɡoˈβ̞jeɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -eɾno
• Hyphenation: go‧bier‧no

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish gouierno, gouernio, from gouernar, gobernar (“to govern”) (compare Catalan govern, Galician goberno, Italian governo and Portuguese governo). Synchronically from gobernar (“to govern”). Cf. also Late Latin gubernus, gubernius.

Noun

gobierno m (plural gobiernos)

1. government

   Synonym: (rare) gobernamiento

Derived terms

• autogobierno

Related terms

• gobernar

Descendants

• Chavacano: gobierno
• → Basque: gobernu
• → Cebuano: gobyerno, goberno
• → Chamorro: gobietno
• → Tagalog: gobyerno

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gobierno

1. first-person singular present indicative of gobernar

Further reading

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