comando
Portuguese, noun/koˈmɐ̃.du/
comando is spelled C-O-M-A-N-D-O (7 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,429th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comando is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “order; command (task given to someone or something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of comandar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de comandar, governar”.
What does comando mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorder; command (task given to someone or something)
- 2
masculinecommand (right, authority or ability to order)
- 3
masculinelead (first place while a competition is underway)
- 4
masculinecommand (directive to a computer program to perform a specific task)
- 5
masculineclipping of telecomando; remote control (device used to operate an appliance from a short distance away)
- 6
masculinecommando (small fighting force trained for quick raids)
- 7
masculinecommando (commando trooper)
- 8
masculinea unit headed by a commander
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of comandar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de comandar, governar 2. autoridade 3. o topo de hierarquia em qualquer conjunto de tropas 4. tropas de elite existentes em quase todos os países; cada um dos elementos destas tropas
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 comando
- comandos plural
- commando alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comando?
- Brazil /koˈmɐ̃.du/
- Portugal /kuˈmɐ̃.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comando
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comando in Portuguese?
comando appears 68 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).