mandato

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdato/

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: man‧da‧to

Noun

mandato (accusative singular mandaton, plural mandatoj, accusative plural mandatojn)

1. mandate

Derived terms

• mandati

Further reading

• “mandato”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “mandato”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Anagrams

• damnato, damnota

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈda.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: man‧dà‧to
• (Romanesco) IPA^(key): /mändäd̞o/

Etymology 1

From Latin mandātum.

Noun

mandato m (plural mandati)

1. mandate, charge, commission, task

   Synonym: incarico

2. (law, trading) warrant, order, writ, summons

   Synonym: ordine

Derived terms

• monomandato
• plurimandato

Related terms

• mandare
• mandatario

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mandato (feminine mandata, masculine plural mandati, feminine plural mandate)

1. past participle of mandare

Further reading

• mandato in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• mandato in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• mandato in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• mandato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• mondata

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [manˈdaː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [manˈdaː.to]

Participle

mandātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mandātus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈda.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈda.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈda.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈda.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: man‧da‧to

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mandātum. Piecewise doublet of mandado.

Noun

mandato m (plural mandatos)

1. mandate (official command)

   Synonym: mandado

2. term (period to which a politician is elected to an office)

   No Brasil, o mandato presidencial é de quatro anos.

   In Brazil, the presidential term is four years long.

Derived terms

• mandatar
• mandato classista

Related terms

• mandatório
• mão

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mandato

1. first-person singular present indicative of mandatar

Further reading

• “mandato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mandato”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “mandato” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “mandato”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “mandato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “mandato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdato/ [mãn̪ˈd̪a.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: man‧da‧to

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mandātum.

Noun

mandato m (plural mandatos)

1. mandate

   Synonym: coto (obsolete)

2. (computing) command

   Synonym: comando

3. tenure, term

Derived terms

• mandato imperativo
• mandato internacional

Etymology 2

Verb

mandato

1. first-person singular present indicative of mandatar

Further reading

• “mandato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mandato, from Latin mandātum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /manˈdato/ [mɐn̪ˈd̪aː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: man‧da‧to

Noun

mandato (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. mandate

   Synonyms: utos, kautusan, atas

Related terms

• demanda
• demandado
• demandador
• demandante
• manda
• mandamyento
• mandatoryo

See also

• tungkulin

Further reading

• “mandato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Portuguese mandato (“mandate”).

Noun

mandato

1. commandment