What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of gestión (management/administration) and empresarial (business/corporate/enterprise-related).
Which one should you use?
While gestión empresarial refers to the act of managing a business, administración de empresas is the standard term used for the academic degree or the field of study. Additionally, gestión often implies the active execution or handling of processes, whereas administración can imply the broader structural organization.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Latin American countries, Administración de negocios is commonly used to refer to business administration. In Spain, Dirección de empresas is more common and is often used interchangeably with gestión empresarial.
How does it change in a sentence?
Gestión empresarial is a feminine noun phrase, so any accompanying adjectives must also be feminine.
Did you know?
- In Spanish, gestión can refer to a business process, but in a daily context, hacer gestiones often means running errands or dealing with bureaucratic red tape.
- The word empresa in gestión empresarial shares a root with the English word 'enterprise' and originally comes from the Latin verb prehendere, meaning 'to seize' or 'to grasp'.
- A person in charge of gestión empresarial might be called a gestor, a term that in Spain specifically refers to a professional who handles tax and legal filings for others.
Examples in context
- Una gestión empresarial incompetente afecta directamente a los trabajadores.An incompetent business management directly affects the employees.This sentence shows how an incompetent version of gestión empresarial can impact employees.Tatoeba #5629108 by arh, translation #6620411 by arh
- El éxito de una empresa depende de una buena gestión empresarial.The success of a company depends on good business management.
- Estoy estudiando administración de empresas en la universidad.I'm studying business management at the university.
- Él tiene un máster en gestión empresarial.He has a master's degree in business management.
- La gestión empresarial es clave para el éxito.Business management is key to success.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Elena are discussing career paths in a coffee shop.
- Alejandro¿Te interesa la gestión empresarial?Are you interested in business management?
- ElenaSí, me gustaría estudiar eso.Yes, I would like to study that.
- AlejandroEs una carrera muy útil, Elena.It is a very useful career, Elena.
- ElenaTienes razón, Alejandro.You are right, Alejandro.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries empresarial, gestión, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
