membrete

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /memˈbɾete/ [mẽmˈbɾe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: mem‧bre‧te

Etymology 1

Perhaps a blend of marbete +‎ membrar.[1]

Noun

membrete m (plural membretes)

  1. letterhead
    • 2015 July 18, “Solamente un corchete”, in El País[1]:
      El documento no lleva membrete de Gobierno ni institución europea alguna, pero esos cuatro folios son historia con mayúscula.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (uncommon) annotation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

membrete

  1. inflection of membretar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ membrete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025.

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