administrador

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish administrador. Doublet of administrator.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ədˌmɪnəstrəˈdɔr/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

administrador (plural administradors)

1. (historical) A steward or official in various Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin administrātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əd.mi.nis.tɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.mi.nis.tɾaˈðoɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧nis‧tra‧dor
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

administrador m (plural administradors, feminine administradora)

1. administrator (a person who has been made responsible for certain managerial tasks by a public or private organization)
2. (law) (a person who has been made responsible for overseeing the affairs of another person)

Adjective

administrador (feminine administradora, masculine plural administradors, feminine plural administradores)

1. administrative

Related terms

• administrar

Further reading

• “administrador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “administrador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “administrador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “administrador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish administrador.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧nis‧tra‧dor
• IPA^(key): /ʔadministɾaˈdoɾ/ [ʔɐd̪.mɪ.n̪ɪs̪.t̪ɾ̪ɐˈd̪oɾ̪]

Noun

administradór (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

1. administrator

   Synonym: tigdumala

Related terms

• administrasiyon
• administratibo

Further reading

• “administrador”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “administrador” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2022.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish administrador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /administɾaˈdoɾ/, [ad̪.mi.nis̪.t̪ɾaˈd̪oɾ]
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧nis‧tra‧dor

Noun

administrador

1. administrator

Galician

Etymology

From Latin administrātōrem.

Noun

administrador m (plural administradores, feminine administradora, feminine plural administradoras)

1. administrator (a person who has been made responsible for certain managerial tasks by a public or private organization)

Related terms

• administrar

Further reading

• “administrador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin administrātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoʁ/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoh], /ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoʁ/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoʁ/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoh], /ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoʁ/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoɾ/, /ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.niʃ.tɾaˈdoʁ/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.niʃ.tɾaˈdoχ], /ad͡ʒ.mi.niʃ.tɾaˈdoʁ/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.niʃ.tɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoɻ/, /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐð.mi.niʃ.tɾɐˈðoɾ], /ɐd.mniʃ.tɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐð.mniʃ.tɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐð.mi.niʃ.tɾɐˈðoɾ], /ɐd.mniʃ.tɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐð.mniʃ.tɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐð.mi.niʃ.tɾɐˈðo.ɾi], /ɐd.mniʃ.tɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐð.mniʃ.tɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧nis‧tra‧dor

Adjective

administrador (feminine administradora, masculine plural administradores, feminine plural administradoras, not comparable)

1. that manages; that administers; administrative

Noun

administrador m (plural administradores, feminine administradora, feminine plural administradoras)

1. (management) administrator

   Synonym: gerente

2. (computing) administrator
3. (Portugal) the administrator of a residential building, condominium or another residential complex

   Synonym: (Brazil) síndico

Related terms

• administração
• administrar

Further reading

• “administrador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin administrātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /administɾaˈdoɾ/ [að̞.mi.nis.t̪ɾaˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧nis‧tra‧dor

Noun

administrador m (plural administradores, feminine administradora, feminine plural administradoras)

1. administrator (one who administers affairs)
2. (computing) administrator (one who is responsible for software management)

Derived terms

• administrador de base de datos
• administrador de sistemas

Related terms

• administrar

Descendants

• → Cebuano: administrador
• Chavacano: administrador
• → English: administrador
• → Tagalog: administrador

Further reading

• “administrador”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish administrador, from Latin administrātōrem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadministɾaˈdoɾ/ [ʔɐd̪.mɪ.n̪ɪs.t̪ɾɐˈd̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧nis‧tra‧dor

Noun

administradór (feminine administradora, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

1. administrator

   Synonyms: tagapangasiwa, tagapamahala, nangangasiwa, namamahala

Related terms

• administra
• administrado
• administrasyon
• administratibo
• ministro

Further reading

• “administrador”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “administrador”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “administrador”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 12