comissário
Portuguese, noun/ko.miˈsa.ɾju/
comissário is spelled C-O-M-I-S-S-Á-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comissário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “commissioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que exerce uma comissão”.
What does comissário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommissioner
- 2
masculinecommissar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que exerce uma comissão 2. pessoa que compra ou vende à comissão 3. funcionário que chefia uma seção da Polícia Civil 4. oficial de bordo que trata dos assuntos administrativa do navio
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 comissário
- comissários plural
- comissária feminine
- comissárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comissário?
- Brazil /ko.miˈsa.ɾju/
- Portugal /ku.miˈsa.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comissário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comissário in Portuguese?
comissário appears 7.4 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).