Gobernador

governornoun

Alternative meanings

governor; provincial authority; executive head of a province; government official; regional leader

Pronunciation

goh-ber-nah-DOR

Root and affixes

Gobernador is a Spanish loanword used in Cebuano. It is related to bise-gobernador, vice governor, and gobyerno, government.

Variants or conjugations

gobernador; gobernador sa probinsya; bise-gobernador; governor

Related words and expressions

gobyerno = government; probinsya = province; presidente = president; bise-gobernador = vice governor; opisyal = official; liderato = leadership

Meaning and usage notes

Gobernador is used directly for governor. In the Philippines it usually refers to a provincial governor. For a state governor in other countries, the same word can be understood by context.