- presidencia
- f.presidency.presidencia municipal town council (Mexican Spanish)* * *presidencia► nombre femenino1 PLÍTICA presidency2 (de una empresa) chairmanship, US presidency3 (de un club, sociedad) presidency4 (de una reunión) chairmanship* * *noun f.1) presidency2) chairmanship* * *SF1) (=gobierno) [de nación] presidency; [de comité] chairmanship
ocupar la presidencia de — [+ empresa] to be the president of; [+ comité] to be the chairman of
ocupar la presidencia del gobierno — to be president
España ocupa actualmente la presidencia de la UE — Spain currently holds the presidency of the EU
2)Presidencia — (=oficina) Prime Minister's office
* * *femeninoa) (Gob, Pol) (cargo) presidencycandidato a la presidencia — presidential candidate
ocupar la presidencia del gobierno — to be the head of government
la Presidencia — the President's office
b) (de compañía, banco) presidency (esp AmE), chairmanship (BrE); (de reunión, comité) chairmanship, chair* * *= presidency, presidentship, chairmanship.Ex. What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.Ex. Dr. Greg during his presidentship did his utmost to procure help for making a start with a special catalogue of English books from 1641 to 1700.Ex. To reward him with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who want to see real change in our country.----* candidato a la presidencia = presidential candidate, presidential candidate.* * *femeninoa) (Gob, Pol) (cargo) presidencycandidato a la presidencia — presidential candidate
ocupar la presidencia del gobierno — to be the head of government
la Presidencia — the President's office
b) (de compañía, banco) presidency (esp AmE), chairmanship (BrE); (de reunión, comité) chairmanship, chair* * *= presidency, presidentship, chairmanship.Ex: What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.
Ex: Dr. Greg during his presidentship did his utmost to procure help for making a start with a special catalogue of English books from 1641 to 1700.Ex: To reward him with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who want to see real change in our country.* candidato a la presidencia = presidential candidate, presidential candidate.* * *presidenciafeminine1 (Gob, Pol) (cargo) presidencycandidato a la presidencia presidential candidateocupar la presidencia del gobierno to preside over the government, to be the head of governmentla orden viene de la Presidencia the order comes from the President's officepresidencia por rotación revolving presidency2 (de una compañía, un banco) presidency (esp AmE), chairmanship (BrE)presidencia de honor honorary presidency o chairmanship3 (de una reunión, un comité) chairmanship, chairCompuesto:presidencia municipal(Méx) town hall* * *
presidencia sustantivo femeninoa) (Gob, Pol) (cargo) presidency;◊ presidencia municipal (Méx) town hallb) (de compañía, banco) presidency (esp AmE), chairmanship (BrE);
(de reunión, comité) chairmanship, chair
presidencia sustantivo femenino
1 Pol presidency
2 (en una empresa, reunión) chairmanship
'presidencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
disputar
- mesa
- terna
- candidato
English:
chair
- consuming
- presidency
* * *presidencia nf1. [de nación] presidency;el candidato a la presidencia the presidential candidate;ocupar la presidencia del gobierno to be the head of government;la presidencia de la Unión Europea the EU presidency;durante la presidencia de Ford during Ford's presidency, while Ford was president2. [de asamblea, empresa, reunión] chairmanship, chair;ocupa la presidencia del banco he is chairman of the bank;la presidencia tiene la palabra the chair has the floorComppresidencia de honor honorary presidency3. Méx presidencia municipal [corporación] Br town council, US city council;[edificio] Br town hall, US city hall* * *presidenciaf de gobierno, organización presidency; de compañía presidency, Brchairmanship; de comité chairmanship;bajo la presidencia de … when … was president, under the presidency of …* * *presidencia nf1) : presidency2) : chairmanship
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.