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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French département.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: de‧par‧ta‧men‧to
Noun
departamento m (plural departamentos)
- department (administrative subdivision of an organisation)
- (government) département (county-level administrative unit in various French-speaking countries)
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French département.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /depaɾtaˈmento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: de‧par‧ta‧men‧to
Noun
departamento m (plural departamentos)
- department
- (Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru) apartment, flat
- Synonyms: (Colombia, Caribbean Islands, Central America, Uruguay, Venezuela) apartamento, (Spain) piso, dpto
2025 January 14, Héctor Gambini, “El desastre en la escena del crimen del fiscal Nisman: unas 88 personas estuvieron en el departamento”, in Clarín, page 6:El fiscal Alberto Nisman estaba en el baño de su departamento con un tiro en la cabeza.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish departamento.
Pronunciation
Noun
departamento (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉᜇ᜔ᜆᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
- department
- Synonym: kagawaran