administra

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See also: administrá

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

administra

  1. inflection of administrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From administri +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /admiˈnistra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -istra

Adjective

administra (accusative singular administran, plural administraj, accusative plural administrajn)

  1. administrative

French

Pronunciation

Verb

administra

  1. third-person singular past historic of administrer

Galician

Verb

administra

  1. inflection of administrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

From administer (assistant, helper, supporter) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

administra f (genitive administrae, masculine administer); first declension

  1. assistant, helper, servant (female); handmaiden
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative administra administrae
Genitive administrae administrārum
Dative administrae administrīs
Accusative administram administrās
Ablative administrā administrīs
Vocative administra administrae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

administrā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of administrō

References

  • administra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • administra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • administra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

administra

  1. inflection of administrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French administrer, from Latin administrare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad.mi.nisˈtra/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧nis‧tra

Verb

a administra (third-person singular present administrează, past participle administrat) 1st conj.

  1. (transitive) to manage, to run, to administer
    Synonyms: conduce, gestiona
  2. (transitive) to administer (a drug), to give
    Synonym: aplica

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /admiˈnistɾa/
  • Rhymes: -istɾa
  • Syllabification: ad‧mi‧nis‧tra

Verb

administra

  1. inflection of administrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish administrar, from Latin administrāre.

Pronunciation

Noun

administrá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇ)

  1. act of taking charge of an administration
    Synonyms: pangasiwa, pagpapangasiwa

Derived terms

Further reading

  • administra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018