gerente

Italian

Noun

gerente m or f by sense (plural gerenti)

1. manager / manageress

Related terms

• gerenza

Anagrams

• ergente

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛˈrɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒeˈrɛn.te]

Participle

gerente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of gerēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin gerentem, present participle of gerō. By surface analysis, gerir +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɾẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨˈɾẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: ge‧ren‧te

Adjective

gerente m or f (plural gerentes)

1. managing

Noun

gerente m or f by sense (plural gerentes)

1. manager

   Synonyms: administrador, capataz, chefe, controlador, feitor, gerenciador, organizador, superintendente, supervisor

Related terms

• gerência
• gerir

Further reading

• “gerente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gerente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gerentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeˈɾente/ [xeˈɾẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ge‧ren‧te

Noun

gerente m (plural gerentes, feminine gerente or gerenta, feminine plural gerentes or gerentas)

1. manager

   Synonym: mánager

Usage notes

• Feminine la gerente used in Spain, la gerenta used more in Latin America.

Hyponyms

• gerente comercial (“business manager”)
• gerente de ventas (“sales manager”)

Derived terms

• gerenciar
• subgerente

Related terms

• gerencia
• gestión
• gesto

Further reading

• “gerente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• regente