🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Departamento de Estado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: depaɾtaˈmento de esˈtado

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Department of State/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt əv steɪt/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El Departamento de Estado firmó un nuevo tratado comercial."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The executive department of the United States federal government responsible for the nation's foreign policy and international relations.

    "The Department of State issued a travel advisory for citizens visiting the region."
  2. 2

    In some other federal nations, a governmental branch or ministry equivalent to a ministry of foreign affairs.

    "Several federal republics maintain a department of state to handle interstate and foreign diplomatic affairs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term derives from the English 'department', originating from Old French 'departement' (from 'departir', meaning to distribute or separate), combined with 'state' from Latin 'status' (condition, standing), established in 1789 with the creation of the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations.

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