comendador

See also: Comendador

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• commendador (obsolete)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin commendātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.mẽ.daˈdoʁ/ [ko.mẽ.daˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.mẽ.daˈdoʁ/ [ko.mẽ.daˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.mẽ.daˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.mẽ.daˈdoʁ/ [ko.mẽ.daˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.mẽ.daˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mẽ.dɐˈdoɾ/ [ku.mẽ.dɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mẽ.dɐˈdoɾ/ [ku.mẽ.dɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mẽ.dɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ku.mẽ.dɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: co‧men‧da‧dor

Noun

comendador m (plural comendadores)

1. commander

Usage notes

It is capitalized when used as an honorary title.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commendātōrem.

Noun

comendador m (plural comendadores, feminine comendadora, feminine plural comendadoras)

1. commander

Further reading

• “comendador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014