supremo

See also: Supremo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian supremo (“supreme”). Doublet of supreme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːˈpɹiːməʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːməʊ

Noun

supremo (plural supremos or supremoes)

1. (informal) The most important person in an organization.
   • 1986, Peter King, The Viceroy's Fall: How Kitchener Destroyed Curzon:

     Kitchener was, of course, Secretary of State for War and virtual military supremo.

   • Sep 25, 2007 - Tutankhamun was not black: Egypt antiquities chief (AFP)

     Egyptian antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass insisted Tuesday that Tutankhamun was not black despite calls by US black activists to recognise the boy king's dark skin colour.

   • 2023 May 2, Samuel Fishwick, “The ‘secret romance’ that got everybody talking at the Met Gala”, in The Independent‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 May 2023:

     The hard launch of what appeared to be the hottest new relationship in town – Billanna? Winty? – at the 2023 Met Gala saw Vogue supremo Wintour, who has hosted the Met Gala for 30 years, walk the red carpet arm in arm with the dashing and debonair Love Actually star, a man Clive James named “the nation’s leading male sexpot”.

   • 2025 April 9, Chidanand Rajghatta, “Meltdown in MAGAland as Trump's trade trainwreck tears up US”, in The Times of India‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 June 2025:

     The TOI correspondent from Washington : MAGA supremo Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that many countries are calling him and "kissing my ass... dying to make a deal" after he unleashed a new tariff regime that by all accounts is starting to derail global trade and devastate economies worldwide, including in the US.

Anagrams

• ur-poems

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supremus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈprɛ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɛmo
• Hyphenation: su‧prè‧mo

Adjective

supremo (feminine suprema, masculine plural supremi, feminine plural supreme)

1. supreme

Derived terms

• supremamente

Related terms

• superiore
• supero
• supremazia

Descendants

• → English: supremo

Anagrams

• presumo, prosume, spumerò

Latin

Adjective

suprēmō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of suprēmus

References

• “supremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “supremo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suprēmus (“above”), from superus (“being above”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈpɾẽ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈpɾẽ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈpɾe.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈpɾe.mu/

• Hyphenation: su‧pre‧mo

Adjective

supremo (feminine suprema, masculine plural supremos, feminine plural supremas)

1. dominant; supreme

   Synonym: dominante

2. extreme; supreme (at the greatest, most excellent, extreme, etc.)

   Synonyms: excelso, extremo, máximo, superior

   Antonym: mínimo

Related terms

• supremacia
• supremamente
• supremacista
• superior

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supremus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈpɾemo/ [suˈpɾe.mo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -emo
• Syllabification: su‧pre‧mo

Adjective

supremo (feminine suprema, masculine plural supremos, feminine plural supremas)

1. supreme

Derived terms

• corte suprema
• salsa surprema
• ser supremo
• Tribunal Supremo

Related terms

• superior

Further reading

• “supremo”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish supremo, from Latin suprēmus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suˈpɾemo/ [sʊˈpɾɛː.mo]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Syllabification: su‧pre‧mo

Noun

supremo (feminine suprema, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜓ)

1. highest ruler or officer