department
A. -noun
1. (generally) departamento (m) (in shop) secciónoun (f) (administration)   secciónoun (f), oficina (f)
·the toy department
·la secciónoun de juguetes
·the English department
·el departamento de inglénoun
2. [of government]   ministerio (m), secretaría (f) Mexico
·Department of Employment
(British, Great Britain) Ministerio or Mexico Secretaría
·Department of State
(United States) Ministerio or Mexico Secretaría
3. *
a. [of activity]
·gardening is my wife'noun department
·del jardínoun se encarga mi mujer
·men? I don't have any problems in that department
·¿los hombres? no tengo ningúnoun problema en ese campo
B. -compound
·department store -noun   (grandes) almacenes masculine plural, tienda (f) por departamento Carib