generalíssimo
Portuguese, noun/ʒe.ne.ɾaˈli.si.mu/
generalíssimo is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-Í-S-S-I-M-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Generalíssimo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “generalissimo (supreme commander of the armed forces)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does generalíssimo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegeneralissimo (supreme commander of the armed forces)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. extremamente geral
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 generalíssimo
- generalíssimos plural
- generalissimo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce generalíssimo?
- Brazil /ʒe.ne.ɾaˈli.si.mu/
- Portugal /ʒɨ.nɨ.ɾɐˈli.si.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to generalíssimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is generalíssimo in Portuguese?
generalíssimo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).