ministerio

ministerio
masculine noun
1ministry (politics) (institución) (British), department (United States); time as minister
  • durante el ministerio de Sánchez (periodo) -> while Sánchez was minister
  • ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores -> Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ≅ Foreign Office (British), ≅ State Department (United States)
  • ministerio de Economía -> Ministry of Economic Affairs, ≅ Treasury (British), ≅ Treasury Department (United States)
  • ministerio del Interior -> Ministry of the Interior, ≅ Home Office (British), ≅ Department of the Interior (United States)
2(law)
  • ministerio público, ministerio fiscal -> public prosecutor
3ministry (religion)

ministerio [me-nis-tay'-re-o]
noun
1Ministry, office, public place, employment. (m)
2Manual labor. (m)
3Ministry, administration, the principal officers of government. (m)
4Ministry, the charge or office of a minister or secretary of state, and the time which he is in office. (m)

ministerio
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Política) ministry; department; especialmente (EEUU)
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores Foreign Office; State Department; (EEUU)
Ministerio de Comercio e Industria Department of Trade and Industry
Ministerio de (la) Gobernación del Interior o Home Office; Department of the Interior; (EEUU)
Ministerio de Hacienda Treasury; Treasury Department; (EEUU)
Ministerio Fiscal Attorney General's office
2 (Jur)
el ministerio público the Prosecution; the State Prosecutor; (EEUU)

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