comisario
Spanish, noun
comisario is spelled C-O-M-I-S-A-R-I-O (9 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comisario is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “inspector” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, comisarió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of comisariar”. With an accent, comisarío is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of comisariar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El que tiene poder y facultad de otro para ejecutar alguna orden o entender en algún negocio”.
What does comisario mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinspector
- 2
masculinecommissioner
- 3
masculinesteward
- 4
masculinemarshal (a person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering)
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of comisariar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of comisariar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El que tiene poder y facultad de otro para ejecutar alguna orden o entender en algún negocio.
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 comisario
- comisarios plural
- comisaria feminine
- comisarias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to comisario
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comisario in Spanish?
comisario appears 10 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).