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
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Mildred Barreto, a 66-year-old cleaner, still calls him "comandante," meaning commander.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
In speeches and press conferences the comandante would zig-zag from economic policy to tirades about opponents, reminiscences about his army days, praise for his daughter, an anecdote about foreign leaders and back to economic policy.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2020
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
The past ten years have savaged the country's civilians, not its comandantes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The comandantes make decisions communally, keep their inner maneuverings secret and issue unchallengeable edicts.
From Time Magazine Archive
For years the comandantes steadfastly denied that they paid attention to Washington's every move.
From Time Magazine Archive
For three weeks he attended rallies, journeyed to the Honduran border and hung out with the comandantes, eating turtle and chatting about literature.
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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