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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
administro
- first-person singular present indicative of administrar
Galician
Verb
administro
- first-person singular present indicative of administrar
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + ministrō (“attend, wait upon; manage; carry out”), from minister (“attendant”).
Verb
administrō (present infinitive administrāre, perfect active administrāvī, supine administrātum); first conjugation
- to attend upon, assist, serve
- Synonym: ministrō
- (figuratively) to take charge of, direct, manage, administer, do, accomplish; govern
- Synonym: ministrō
Conjugation
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Descendants
References
- “administro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “administro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- administro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to keep house: rem domesticam, familiarem administrare, regere, curare
- to govern, administer the state: rem publicam gerere, administrare, regere, tractare, gubernare
- to manage, govern a province: provinciam administrare, obtinere
- to perform official duties: munus administrare, gerere
- to have charge of the administration of justice: iudicia administrare
- to have the control of the war: bellum administrare
Etymology 2
Noun
administrō
- dative/ablative singular of administer
Portuguese
Verb
administro
- first-person singular present indicative of administrar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /admiˈnistɾo/
- Rhymes: -istɾo
- Syllabification: ad‧mi‧nis‧tro
Verb
administro
- first-person singular present indicative of administrar