comandante
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comandante
< Spanish, Italian
Example Sentences
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A cualquier cerebro, incluso al de un comandante en jefe, se le dificulta la empatía necesaria, a gran escala, para entender lo que significa lanzar un arma nuclear.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2023
The book seemed to suggest some old affection between America and Nicaragua that lay embedded in the archives and, perhaps, in the heart of the comandante.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2019
The comandante made sure the state reached the poorest, a commitment denied to many slum-dwellers across Latin America.
From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 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
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
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