comando

See also: comandó and comandò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kuˈman.du]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [koˈman.do]

Verb

comando

1. first-person singular present indicative of comandar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈman.do/
• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: co‧màn‧do

Etymology 1

Noun

comando m (plural comandi)

1. order, command

   Synonym: ordine

2. command, charge, leadership

   Synonym: capo

3. headquarters
4. (sports) head, lead

   Synonym: testa

5. (mechanics, electronics, etc.) control, drive

Related terms

• comandare
• comandato
• telecomando (“remote control”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

comando

1. first-person singular present indicative of comandare

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɐ̃.du/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈmɐ̃.du/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃du

Etymology 1

From comandar (“to command; to order”), from com- + mandāre (“to deliver; to order”).

Alternative forms

• commando (obsolete)

Noun

comando m (plural comandos)

1. order; command (task given to someone or something)

   Synonyms: mandamento, mando, ordem

2. command (right, authority or ability to order)

   Synonym: controle

3. (sports) lead (first place while a competition is underway)
4. (computing) command (directive to a computer program to perform a specific task)
5. clipping of telecomando; remote control (device used to operate an appliance from a short distance away)

   Synonyms: controlo remoto, telecomando

6. (military) commando (small fighting force trained for quick raids)
7. (military) commando (commando trooper)
8. (military) a unit headed by a commander
9. (military) area under the jurisdiction of a commander

Derived terms

• comandinho (diminutive)
• comando-geral

Related terms

• comanda
• comandado
• comandamento
• comandância
• comandante
• comandar
• comanditar
• mandar
• mando

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: kommando
  • → English: commando

Etymology 2

Verb

comando

1. first-person singular present indicative of comandar

Further reading

• “comando”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “comando”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French commando.

Noun

comando n (plural comandouri)

1. commando

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	comando	comandoul	comandouri	comandourile
genitive-dative	comando	comandoului	comandouri	comandourilor
vocative	comandoule		comandourilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmando/ [koˈmãn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ando
• Syllabification: co‧man‧do

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.

Proto-Italic *-ðō

Proto-Italic *manuðō

Latin mandō

Latin commendō

▲

Latin mandōinflu.

Latin commandō

Italian comandarebor.

Spanish comandardeverb.

Spanish comando

Deverbal from comandar.

Noun

comando m (plural comandos)

1. commando

Etymology 2

Verb

comando

1. first-person singular present indicative of comandar

Further reading

• “comando”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026