🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Comando

Pronunciation / Transliteration: koˈmɐ̃du

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Command/kəˈmænd/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #600 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O general deu um comando às suas tropas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An authoritative order or instruction.

    "The general issued a command to his troops to advance."
As verb
  1. 1

    To give an order or instruction to someone.

    "She commanded the audience's attention with her powerful speech."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'command' originates from the Latin 'commandare', which means 'to entrust, to order'. It evolved through Old French 'comander' before entering Middle English as 'comand' in the 14th century, reflecting the authority to direct or control.

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