jefe
Head honcho, abroad
Jefe is Spanish for boss or chief, borrowed into English in regions with Spanish influence.
It typically refers to a person in charge: The jefe wants this finished by Friday.
The word carries a casual, sometimes affectionate tone, used for supervisors, leaders, or anyone running the show.
In drug contexts, jefe often means a cartel boss or high-ranking trafficker.
One who directs workers
- managerOne who directs others
- foremanWorker who directs others
- overseerOne who monitors work
- employerOne who employs others
taskmaster · superintendent · headman · skipper · gaffer · proprietor · superior · administrator
Price-fixing coalition
- narcoDrug trade figure
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- donPut on attire
- godfatherMale baptismal guardian
mafia · syndicate · trafficking · smuggling · enforcer · underworld · gang · mob
One who guides others
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
administration · government · president · dictator · strongman · caudillo · autocrat · regime
Person with authority over others
- generalWidespread, not specialized
- captainOne who commands
- admiralSenior naval commander
- colonelSenior military officer
officer · troops · battalion · regiment · squadron · operations · strategic · tactical
supervisor
One who directs workers
employer · taskmaster · superintendent · headman · skipper · gaffer · proprietor · superior · administrator · coordinator
cartel
Price-fixing coalition
godfather · mafia · syndicate · trafficking · smuggling · enforcer · underworld · gang · mob · capo
leader
One who guides others
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- governanceHow authority is exercised
rule · administration · government · president · dictator · strongman · caudillo · autocrat · regime · mandate
commander
Person with authority over others
colonel · officer · troops · battalion · regiment · squadron · operations · strategic · tactical · orders
elder
Senior figure of authority
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- ancestralOf one's forebears
sachem · patriarch · matriarch · council · traditional · heritage · customs · kinship · cacique · community
dude
Informal word for man
amigo · bro · man · homie · guy · compadre · vato · informal · slang · address
- gestióndirector, control, supervisor, agenda, circular
- puestos gerencialesdirector
- Mexican Slangorale, pendejo, sale, oye, carnal
- Traffickingdrug trafficking, trafficking, trafficker, drug smuggling, smuggling
- personasmujer, personas, hombres, mujeres, nino
- culturateatro, folklore, pintura, familia