lugarteniente
Spanish, noun/luˌɡaɾteˈnjente/
lugarteniente is spelled L-U-G-A-R-T-E-N-I-E-N-T-E (13 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lugarteniente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “deputy, lieutenant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El que tiene autoridad y poder para sustituir a otro en un ministerio o empleo”.
What does lugarteniente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeputy, lieutenant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El que tiene autoridad y poder para sustituir a otro en un ministerio o empleo. 2. El que sustituye a otro en un cargo.
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 lugarteniente
- lugartenientes plural
- lugartenienta feminine
- lugartenientas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lugarteniente?
- /luˌɡaɾteˈnjente/
- [luˌɣ̞aɾ.t̪eˈnjẽn̪.t̪e]
- [luɣ̞aɾt̪eˈnjẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lugarteniente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lugarteniente in Spanish?
lugarteniente appears 1.1 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).