interino
interim
adjective een-teh-REE-noh Rare
Origin: From Latin interim (meanwhile).
Also means
temporary
Usage Note
Interino describes a person or situation filling a role temporarily until a permanent replacement is found: presidente interino, profesora interina. It agrees in gender and number. As a noun, el interino / la interina refers specifically to a substitute teacher or temporary civil servant in Spain.
Examples
"El director interino firmó el contrato."
Natural Translation
The interim director signed the contract.

Free starter pack
Building your Spanish vocabulary?
Get the 100 most common Spanish words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.
Related Words
Explore Spanish by topic
SpanishNow
6 min read