{"id":557,"date":"2009-05-25T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=523"},"modified":"2014-07-23T14:54:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T14:54:57","slug":"word-of-the-day-file-gerente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/word-of-the-day-file-gerente\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day File: Gerente"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you look at the right side of the blog, you&#8217;ll notice the word of the day, where we feature a word in Portuguese, its English translation, and its proper application seven days a week. In this new series, we&#8217;ll talk a bit about the word of the day to expand upon its use.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/wotd\/today\/portuguese.htm?date=05-25-2009\" target=\"_self\">word of the day<\/a> is <em>gerente<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>First, let&#8217;s talk about the pronunciation. The first part of the word, <em>ge<\/em>, uses the z\/j sound, the kind you&#8217;d hear in rou<em>g<\/em>e and other French-based words. The last part of the word, <em>te<\/em>, is pronounced chee in some parts of Brazil, like Rio and Sao Paulo, and pronounced tea in other parts, like Pernambuco. Click on the word to hear its pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p>Next, let&#8217;s look at the use of the word. <em>Gerente<\/em> is a manager, but can also be used to describe a boss, owner\/operator, or a storekeeper.<\/p>\n<p><em>Felipe, o gerente geral da empresa, tem muita responsibilidade. <\/em>Felipe, the company&#8217;s general manager, has a lot of responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hoje conversei com meu gerente, e pedi demiss\u00e3o.<\/em> I spoke to my boss today, and I quit.<\/p>\n<p><em>A gerente da escola do bal\u00e9 gasta muito dinheiro.<\/em> The woman who runs the ballet school spends a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p><em>O liban\u00eas velho\u00a0\u00e9 o gerente da loja de brinquedos na esquina. <\/em>The old Lebanese man owns the toy store on the corner.<\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you look at the right side of the blog, you&#8217;ll notice the word of the day, where we feature a word in Portuguese, its English translation, and its proper application seven days a week. In this new series, we&#8217;ll talk a bit about the word of the day to expand upon its use. Today&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/word-of-the-day-file-gerente\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1851,13],"tags":[2161,2588,2610,616],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-learning","category-vocabulary","tag-gerente","tag-translation","tag-usage","tag-word-of-the-day"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5585,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/5585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}