comandante
Spanish, noun/komanˈdante/
comandante is spelled C-O-M-A-N-D-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comandante is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “commander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El oficial que manda una plaza, un puesto o tropa”.
What does comandante mean in English?
noun
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El oficial que manda una plaza, un puesto o tropa. 2. El que tiene el mando de un lugar, gente u otra cosa. 3. El oficial que manda después del coronel. Antes los había primero y segundo. 4. Jefe que manda un batallón.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of comandante
- comandantes plural
- comandanta feminine
- comandantas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comandante?
- /komanˈdante/
- [ko.mãn̪ˈd̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- [komãn̪ˈd̪ãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comandante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comandante in Spanish?
comandante appears 43 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).