intendencia
Spanish, noun/intenˈdenθja/
intendencia is spelled I-N-T-E-N-D-E-N-C-I-A (11 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intendencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “management, administration, government” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de entenderse, dirigir, manejar, gobernar o estar a cargo de algo”.
What does intendencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemanagement, administration, government
- 2
femininethe region governed by an intendente
- 3
femininethe status of being an intendente
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de entenderse, dirigir, manejar, gobernar o estar a cargo de algo. 2. Zona, operación o distrito que está bajo la jurisdicción de un o una intendente. 3. Cargo del o de la intendente. 4. Sede, casa, despacho u oficina donde vive, administra o trabaja el o la intendente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of intendencia
- intendencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intendencia?
- /intenˈdenθja/
- [ĩn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̟.θja]
- /intenˈdensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intendencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intendencia in Spanish?
intendencia appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).