presidente

See also: présidente

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish presidente (“president”).

Noun

presidente (plural presidentes)

1. A cocktail made from rum, curaçao, dry vermouth, and grenadine that is stirred or shaken with cracked ice.

References

• “presidente”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾe.siˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: pre‧si‧den‧te

Noun

presidente m or f (plural presidentes)

1. president

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “presidente”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “presidente”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish presidente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pres̺idente/ [pre.s̺i.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente, -e
• Hyphenation: pre‧si‧den‧te

Noun

presidente anim

1. president

   Synonym: lehendakari

Declension

Declension of presidente (anim V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	presidente	presidentea	presidenteak	presidenteok
ergative	presidentek	presidenteak	presidenteek	presidenteok
dative	presidenteri	presidenteari	presidenteei	presidenteoi
genitive	presidenteren	presidentearen	presidenteen	presidenteon
comitative	presidenterekin	presidentearekin	presidenteekin	presidenteokin
causative	presidenterengatik	presidentearengatik	presidenteengatik	presidenteongatik
benefactive	presidenterentzat	presidentearentzat	presidenteentzat	presidenteontzat
instrumental	presidentez	presidenteaz	presidenteez	presidenteotaz
innesive	presidenterengan	presidentearengan	presidenteengan	presidenteongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	presidenterengana	presidentearengana	presidenteengana	presidenteongana
terminative	presidenterenganaino	presidentearenganaino	presidenteenganaino	presidenteonganaino
directive	presidenterenganantz	presidentearenganantz	presidenteenganantz	presidenteonganantz
destinative	presidenterenganako	presidentearenganako	presidenteenganako	presidenteonganako
ablative	presidenterengandik	presidentearengandik	presidenteengandik	presidenteongandik
partitive	presidenterik	—	—	—
prolative	presidentetzat	—	—	—

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish presidente, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾ̪e.s̪ɪˈd̪in̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: pre‧si‧den‧te

Noun

presidénte (Badlit spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. president

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:presidente.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾe.s̺iˈð̞en̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ente
• IPA^(key): /pɾesiˈdɛnte/ [pɾe.s̺iˈð̞ɛn̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: pre‧si‧den‧te

Noun

presidente m (plural presidentes, feminine presidenta, feminine plural presidentas)

1. president

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin praesidentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.siˈdɛn.te/

• Audio (il presidente):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: pre‧si‧dèn‧te

Noun

presidente m or f by sense (plural presidenti, feminine presidentessa)

1. chairman, chairperson, chair, chief
2. president

Derived terms

• presidenza
• presidenziale
• vicepresidente

Further reading

• presidente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• penderesti, prendetesi, rispedente

Ladino

Noun

presidénte

1. alternative form of prezidente

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praesidentem (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ziˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.ziˈdẽ.tɨ/ [pɾɨ.ziˈðẽ.tɨ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (most of Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Southern Brazil) -ẽte
• Hyphenation: pre‧si‧den‧te

Noun

presidente m or f by sense (plural presidentes, feminine presidente or presidenta, feminine plural presidentes or presidentas)

1. president
2. chairman
3. (Portugal) clipping of presidente da câmara

Usage notes

Presidente is most commonly 'masculine or feminine by sense'. The form presidenta tends to be used more in Brazil than in Portugal.

Derived terms

• ex-presidente

Related terms

• presidência
• presidencial
• presidencialismo
• presidencialista
• presidir

Descendants

• Macanese: pisidénte
• → Tetum: prezidente

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praesidentem (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). Doublet of president.

From presid- +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾe.siˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: pre‧si‧den‧te

Noun

presidente m (plural presidentes, feminine presidenta, feminine plural presidentas)

1. president

   Synonym: (broader meaning) mandatario

   • 2025 July 8, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump anuncia nuevo arancel del 50 % a las importaciones de cobre”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     El presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump dijo este martes que impondrá un nuevo arancel del 50 % a todo el cobre importado a Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, hasta el momento se desconoce cuándo entrará en vigor la medida.

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Usage notes

• Presidente may also be used in the feminine to refer to a female president, but this usage is nonstandard and less common.

Derived terms

• Día del Presidente

Related terms

• presidencia
• presidencial

Further reading

• “presidente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish presidente.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾɛ.sɪˈd̪ɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: pre‧si‧den‧te

Noun

presidente (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. president

   Synonym: pangulo

Related terms

• bise presidente
• presidensiya
• presidente de sala

Further reading

• “presidente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.