Gómez

American  

[goh-mez, gaw-mes] / ˈgoʊ mɛz, ˈgɔ mɛs /

noun

1. Juan Vicente 1857?–1935, Venezuelan soldier and political leader: commander in chief and dictator of Venezuela 1908–35; president of Venezuela 1908–15, 1922–29, 1931–35.

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Example Sentences

Gómez and Sánchez are currently on an official visit to China.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"We demonstrated a device that can be charged, store that energy and then discharge it," Gómez said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

There, dictator Gen. Juan Vicente Gómez demanded hefty kickbacks for the right to drill.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

Bumblebee Man is a nod to “El Chapulín Colorado,” and “Channel Ocho” is a reference to to Gómez Bolaño’s best known character, El Chavo del Ocho.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

The King: To Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, knight of the order of Santiago, my governor and captain-general of the Filipinas Islands.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 1593-1597 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander