potentado

Definitions of potentado
  1. noun
    a very wealthy or powerful businessman
    synonyms: archipámpano, magnate, staff
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    type of:
    empresario
    a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
  2. noun
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
    synonyms: dictador
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    examples:
    Adolf Hitler
    German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)
    types:
    Shogun
    a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
    autócrata, déspota, tirano
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
    type of:
    gobernador, gobernante
    a person who rules or commands
  3. noun
    a person who possesses great material wealth
    synonyms: millonario, rico
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    adinerado
    an affluent person; a person who is financially well off
    millonaria
    a woman millionaire
    plutócrata
    someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
    indiano, nabab
    a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)
    bacán, chuleta, currutaco, esnob, lechuguino, majo, manolo, pez gordo, pijo, pituco, roto
    informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
    type of:
    alma, humano, individuo, mortal, persona, ser humano
    a human being
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