Meanings (ES + gloss)
ama de gobierno • ama de llaves • gobernanta
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
She was their third housekeeper, but after a month or so she also gave up.
The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.
ama de gobierno • ama de llaves • gobernanta
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
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