comodoro

See also: Comodoro

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English commodore.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.moˈdɔ.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.moˈdɔ.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.moˈdɔ.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈdɔ.ɾu/ [ku.muˈðɔ.ɾu]

• Rhymes: -ɔɾu
• Hyphenation: co‧mo‧do‧ro

Noun

comodoro m (plural comodoros)

1. (military, nautical) commodore (rank of general officer of the Navy, superior to that of captain of the sea and war and inferior to that of rear admiral, and whose insignia consists of a wide stripe)
2. (nautical) commodore (honorary title that, in certain shipping companies, designates the oldest active captain)

Noun

comodoro m or f by sense (plural comodoros)

1. (military, nautical) commodore (officer who holds that post)

Further reading

• “comodoro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “comodoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English commodore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komoˈdoɾo/ [ko.moˈð̞o.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: co‧mo‧do‧ro

Noun

comodoro m (plural comodoros, feminine comodora, feminine plural comodoras)

1. (military, nautical) commodore (a naval officer)
2. (nautical) commodore (president of a yacht club)

Further reading

• “comodoro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10