sirviente
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin serviēns, serviēntem. Doublet of sargento, taken from French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siɾˈbjente/ [siɾˈβ̞jẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: sir‧vien‧te
Noun
sirviente m or f (plural sirvientes, feminine sirvienta, feminine plural sirvientas)
- servant
- Synonym: criado
Related terms
- servir
- siervo
Further reading
- “sirviente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014