comandante

[ kom-uhn-dan-tee; Spanish, Italian kaw-mahn-dahn-te ]

noun

, plural co·man·dan·tes [kom-, uh, n-, dan, -teez, kaw-mahn-, dahn, -tes], Italian co·man·dan·ti [kaw-mahn-, dahn, -tee].

1. commandant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comandante¹

< Spanish, Italian

Example Sentences

Rocha praised the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro as “Comandante,” branded the U.S. the “enemy” and bragged about his service for more than 40 years as a Cuban mole in the heart of U.S. foreign policy circles, the complaint says.

From Seattle Times

Rocha was secretly recorded by an undercover FBI agent praising Fidel Castro as “El Comandante” and bragging about his work for Cuba’s communist government, calling it “more than a grand slam” against the U.S. “enemy.”

From Seattle Times

What is known is that an undercover FBI agent secretly recorded Rocha praising Fidel Castro as “El Comandante” and calling his work for Cuba’s communist government “more than a grand slam” against the U.S. “enemy.”

From Seattle Times

In a series of conversations with the undercover agent, Rocha referred to the U.S. as “the enemy,” called Castro “the comandante,” and boasted of having “strengthened the Revolution” and hit “a grand slam” for Cuban interests.

From Slate

Many long for the days of “el Comandante” — the late President Hugo Chávez and his self-described socialist revolution of the 2000s.

From Seattle Times