potestad
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin potestas, potestatem.
Noun
potestad f (plural potestades)
- 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014