How to Say “Successor Trustee” in Spanish

fiduciario sucesor
/fiduθjaɾjo suθesoɾ/from spelling rules
The English phrase "successor trustee" is translated into Spanish as fiduciario sucesor.
This phrase is used in legal and financial contexts to describe the person who takes over management of a trust.

What does it mean word for word?

The term is composed of fiduciario, meaning trustee or fiduciary and sucesor, meaning successor.

How does it change in a sentence?

If the successor is a woman, the phrase changes to the feminine form fiduciaria sucesora. To refer to multiple successor trustees, both the noun and the adjective must be pluralized to fiduciarios sucesores.

How do you pronounce it?

/fiduθjaɾjo suθesoɾ/

Did you know?

  • The word fiduciario shares a root with the English word 'confidence', as both stem from the Latin concept of a reliable trust or belief.
  • In some Spanish-speaking legal systems, a fiduciario is legally barred from being the beneficiary of the trust they manage to prevent conflicts of interest.
  • Even when the person holding the position is a woman, legal professionals in Spanish may still refer to the role using the masculine el fiduciario sucesor to denote the official title.

Examples in context

  • En caso de que el fideicomisario original se vuelva incapaz o fallezca, el fiduciario sucesor tendrá la responsabilidad de gestionar y distribuir los activos del fideicomiso de acuerdo con los deseos establecidos en el testamento.
    In case the original trustee becomes incapacitated or dies, the successor trustee will have the responsibility to manage and distribute the assets of the trust according to the wishes established in the will.
  • El fiduciario sucesor deberá tomar decisiones importantes en cuanto a la distribución de los activos en el fideicomiso.
    The successor trustee shall make important decisions regarding the distribution of assets in the trust.
  • Debemos nombrar a un fiduciario sucesor hoy.
    We must appoint a successor trustee today.
  • El fiduciario sucesor tiene que revisar los documentos.
    The successor trustee has to review the documents.

Example conversation

Sofía and Javier are reviewing a legal document together.

  1. Sofía

    Javier, ¿ya elegiste a tu fiduciario sucesor?
    Javier, have you already chosen your successor trustee?
  2. Javier

    Aún no estoy seguro de quién sería mejor.
    I am still not sure who would be best.
  3. Sofía

    El fiduciario sucesor debe ser alguien muy responsable.
    The successor trustee must be someone very responsible.
  4. Javier

    Tienes razón, pensaré bien en esa persona.
    You are right, I will think carefully about that person.

Sources

  • IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
  • Word origins: Wiktionary entries fiduciario, sucesor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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