governanta

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From governante m or f by sense +‎ -a. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ Hyphenation: go‧ver‧nan‧ta === Noun === governanta f (plural governantas) housekeeper (head of the female staff of a large home) governess (woman paid to educate children in their own home) === Further reading === “governanta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “governanta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026