comandante
Portuguese, noun/ko.mɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
comandante is spelled C-O-M-A-N-D-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,045th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comandante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “commander (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que comanda, que tem o comando (de uma tropa, navio, avião, etc)”.
What does comandante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecommander (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons)
- 2
BrazilcolloquialfemininemasculineA term of address for someone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que comanda, que tem o comando (de uma tropa, navio, avião, etc)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of comandante
- comandantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comandante?
- Brazil /ko.mɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ku.mɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
comandante appears 46 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).