comandante
Americannoun
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comandantes,
plural
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comandanti
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of comandante
< Spanish, Italian
Example Sentences
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Frank López, a retired teacher, speaks fondly of that early era under the comandante.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2016
Distraction technique From 2003 to 2009 the comandante could claim success.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016
He struck a deal with erstwhile enemy Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, the man who had vehemently opposed him when Ortega was a fiery revolutionary comandante in the 1970s and '80s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2015
Then a burst of floodlights illuminated him: William Alexander Morgan, the great Yankee comandante.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2014
Through the window, I could see she had fallen asleep on her recliner while watching her favorite telenovela, El comandante y la duquesa.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
Sandinista comandantes have moved into mansions once inhabited by Somoza's cronies.
From Time Magazine Archive
At times, the comandantes even lapse into the past tense when referring to their revolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they learned that Daniel Ortega's younger brother, one of the ruling Sandinista comandantes for ten years, would temporarily head the armed forces, two able men Chamorro had tapped as Cabinet Ministers backed out.
From Time Magazine Archive
The past ten years have savaged the country's civilians, not its comandantes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Spanish comandantes in charge of the province seem to have remained only about two years each.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
Two other comandanti in each army stood on the ground.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Hutton, Edward
Four comandanti or captains on each side entered the battle itself.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Hutton, Edward
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