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director

director; manager

noun dee-rek-TOHR Common
People & Society Work

Origin: from Latin director

Also means

principal; head

Usage Note

Director has a regular feminine form directora. It covers the director of a film (director de cine), the head of a school (director del colegio), and a company manager (director general = CEO). In music, el director de orquesta is the conductor. Unlike English 'director', in Spain director of a school usually means a teaching principal, not a non-teaching administrator.

Examples

"La directora llegó tarde hoy."

Natural Translation

The director arrived late today.

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