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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Mildred Barreto, a 66-year-old cleaner, still calls him "comandante," meaning commander.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“While a controversial figure,” Justin Trudeau said, “both Mr. Castro’s supporters and detractors recognized his tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people who had a deep and lasting affection for ‘el comandante.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2016
Distraction technique From 2003 to 2009 the comandante could claim success.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016
Then a burst of floodlights illuminated him: William Alexander Morgan, the great Yankee comandante.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2014
But then the duchess married el comandante, a former general in the Chilean army who wore his uniform every day.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
There it joins those of other comandantes, party bosses and maximum leaders who make up the U.S.'s most-wanted list.
From Time Magazine Archive
For years the comandantes steadfastly denied that they paid attention to Washington's every move.
From Time Magazine Archive
The past ten years have savaged the country's civilians, not its comandantes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Schafik Jorge Handal, head of the Salvadoran Communist Party and one of the F.M.L.N.'s top five comandantes, agrees.
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 Albert Ernest Jenks
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 Edward Hutton
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 Edward Hutton
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