mando
Spanish, noun
mando is spelled M-A-N-D-O (5 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,269th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mando is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “command” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mandar. With an accent, mandó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of mandar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Autoridad que posee alguien para dar órdenes a otros individuos o grupos”.
What does mando mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommand
- 2
Spainmasculineremote control
- 3
Spainmasculinecontroller, gamepad, joypad
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mandar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of mandar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Autoridad que posee alguien para dar órdenes a otros individuos o grupos. 2. Individuo o grupo con dicha autoridad. 3. Dispositivo que se toma con las manos para controlar un mecanismo o aparato.
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 mando
- mandos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mando
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mando in Spanish?
mando appears 69 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).