potestad

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potestatem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /potesˈtad/ [po.t̪esˈt̪að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: po‧tes‧tad

Noun

potestad f (plural potestades)

1. power, authority (authority to carry out something; typically has a legal or political connotation)

Derived terms

• patria potestad

 

Related terms

• potestativo

 

See also

• poder
• potencia

Further reading

• “potestad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28