I left St. Jago five days ago, with orders from the Administrador to run down this side of the island, and procure information for the English consul.
The Senor Administrador of the San Tome mine bent over his wife for a moment.
He was very full of his journey, undertaken mostly for the purpose of seeing the Senor Administrador of San Tome in relation to some assistance he required in his hide-exporting business.
One kept on passing the tip of his tongue over his parched lips; the other's eyes strayed dully over the tiled floor of the corredor, while Don Juste, standing a little in advance, harangued the Senor Administrador of the San Tome mine.
The Senor Administrador starts for the mountain in an hour.
This was Don Juste Lopez, accompanied by two of his friends, members of Assembly, coming to call upon the Administrador of the San Tome mine at this early hour.
The Administrador had acted as if the immense and powerful prosperity of the mine had been founded on methods of probity, on the sense of usefulness.
Basilio, standing aside against the wall, said in a soft tone to the passing ladies, "The Senor Administrador is just back from the mountain.
The brilliant tertulia was just over, the last guests had departed, and the Senor Administrador had gone to his room already, when Dr.
Except, of course, as an honoured guest--for our Senor Administrador is a deep politico.
In the whole dark street there was only one spot of flickering lights and moving figures, where the Senor Administrador recognized his wife's carriage waiting at the door of the Avellanos's house.
It seemed as though the patience of the Senor Administrador was giving way at last.
Here the business of the place was transacted, and the Administrador could look up from his ledger, and see pretty well what was going on all over the establishment.
The day after, an Englishman who had lived many years at the Real offered to take us out for a day's ride; and the Company's Administrador lent us two of his own horses, for the poor beasts from Pachuca could hardly have gone so far.
They set upon the Administrador of the diligence-company, who sympathized deeply with them, but had no more substantial comfort to offer.
Then the Administradorseated himself behind a great book, and the calling over the "raya" began.
The administrador gave us an amusing account this evening of a visit which a band of no less than thirty robbers once ventured to pay this strong and well-defended hacienda.
They do not enter the chapel, for fear of their creating any disturbance, but kneel outside, in front of the iron grating, and the administrador says it is astonishing how quiet and serious they appear during divine service.
As we were setting off, I asked the administrador if there were any barrancas on this road.
The Lecheria is a large unoccupied house, or occupied only by the administradorand his family.
When the light became stronger, I perceived that he carried under his sarape a large basket of fine naranjas (oranges), which no doubt the honest administrador thought I was inquiring after.
We galloped into the courtyard, amongst dogs and negroes and Indians, and were hospitably received by the administrador (the agent).
We rode with the administrador all round the estate, which is very productive and profitable.
Here the administrador was watching the clerks who sold and the peons who bought.
The administrador believed so, though he regretted continuously that Their Mercies must be leaving so soon.
A shrunken and ancient laborer was expostulating earnestly with much gesturing of skeleton arms, while the administrador listened as one habituated and bored.
The administrador opened his mouth, and it stayed open.
The roomy porch of the old mansion was crowded with the chief people of the hacienda, clerks, foremen, house servants, besides the administrador and the chaplain.
The administrador came hurrying, and was overcome.
The administradoropened a limp account book, held his pudgy forefinger against a page for a second, then shut it decisively.
And in some cases the administrador is a younger member or a relative of the family, holding the same social position; and the permanent administrador will have his family with him.
The sugar estate of which he was Administrador was in the Province of Camagüey, at Cobra; an overnight trip from Havana, Lee had learned.
Omnibii encumber the uttermost ends of the earth--so we go to the office, when the smiling administrador behind a railing exclaims, "Ah!
By urging our cattle we made ten leagues, and reached the town of Madalena at twilight, where a stubborn old administrador refused to give me a change of horses.
While awaiting a relay, I was regaled by the gentlemanly administrador of the Duana with a cup of delicious chocolate, and in turn favored him with late news from the capital.
I had for the past hour been venting maledictions on the administrador and his vivo mule, for I never saw any but monks and muleteers who properly understand their peculiar management.
At breakfast time the next day I went to the administrador and told him to send up ours by another waiter, and never to allow the former one to come into our room again.
I recognised the voice of the administrador in his answer, and unlocked the door and bid him come in.
The bodies were dragged away, more sand, and then the administrador himself, pale as ashes, stepped out before the audience howling for more blood.
I could not repress a smile as I saw the administrador had determined to be on the safe side this time.
I called to him in Spanish: "Send the administrador to me.
In a subsequent chapter the duties and activities of this administrador or juez de bienes de difuntos will be enlarged upon.
With his employer's toleration of the gringo the administrador had no sympathy.
If you will call at San Nicolas on your way the administrador will have letters prepared to my bankers in Ciudad, Mexico.
Word came to the administrador yesterday that the gringo dam is greatly endangered by warm rains that have added the volcano's snows to the flood.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "administrador" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
