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ente

entity

noun EN-teh Rare
People & Society Government

Origin: From Latin ens, entis ('being, that which exists'), present participle of esse ('to be').

Also means

being

Usage Note

Ente in everyday and bureaucratic Spanish most commonly means a formal entity or body: ente público ('public body'), ente regulador ('regulatory body'). It is also used colloquially, often with gentle mockery, to describe an odd or eccentric person: ¡vaya ente! ('what a character!'). In philosophy it retains its Latin sense of 'being' or 'entity'. The plural is entes.

Examples

"El ente regulador aprobó la fusión de las dos empresas."

Natural Translation

The regulatory body approved the merger of the two companies.

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