mandato
Spanish, noun
mandato is spelled M-A-N-D-A-T-O (7 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mandate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mandatar. With an accent, mandató is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of mandatar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Orden que da un superior a sus subordinados para que sea obedecida, observada o ejecutada”.
What does mandato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemandate
- 2
masculinecommand
- 3
masculinetenure, term
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mandatar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of mandatar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Orden que da un superior a sus subordinados para que sea obedecida, observada o ejecutada. 2. Periodo de tiempo durante el cual una autoridad manda o gobierna. 3. Contrato por el que una persona confía a otra una gestión.
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 mandato
- mandatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mandato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mandato in Spanish?
mandato appears 28 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).