síndico

See also: sindico and sindicó

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin syndicus. More at French syndic.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.d͡ʒi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.d͡ʒi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.d͡ʒi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.di.ku/

• Hyphenation: sín‧di‧co

Noun

síndico m (plural síndicos, feminine síndica, feminine plural síndicas)

1. syndic
2. receiver (person who acts as trustee for a bankrupt)
3. person representing the interests of a group or class
4. (Brazil) the administrator of a residential building, condominium or another residential complex

   Synonym: (Portugal) administrador

Related terms

• sindicato
• sindicar
• sindicância
• sindical
• sindicalismo / sindicalista

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σῠ́ν (sŭ́n)

Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der.

Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek σῠ́νδῐκος (sŭ́ndĭkos)bor.

Latin syndicuslbor.

Spanish síndico

Learned borrowing from Latin syndicus, from Ancient Greek σῠ́νδῐκος (sŭ́ndĭkos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsindiko/ [ˈsĩn̪.d̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -indiko
• Syllabification: sín‧di‧co

Noun

síndico m (plural síndicos, feminine síndica, feminine plural síndicas)

1. syndic
2. receiver (person who acts as trustee for a bankrupt)

Derived terms

• sindical
• sindicato

Descendants

• → Copala Triqui: síndico̱

Further reading

• “síndico”, 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