mandamento

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mandamento. Doublet of mandement.

Noun

mandamento (plural mandamentos)

  1. mandamento (former type of Italian administrative district; territory ruled by a praetor)
  2. mandamento (territory ruled by a Sicilian Mafia clan, under a capomandamento (“family boss”))

Italian

Etymology

From mandare +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.daˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: man‧da‧mén‧to

Noun

mandamento m (plural mandamenti)

  1. a former type of Italian administrative district, under the jurisdiction of a pretore (“praetor”) (magistrate)
  2. the territory of a Cosa Nostra (“Sicilian Mafia”) clan (its mandate territory, mandatory, commandery)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.daˈmẽ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.daˈmẽ.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.dɐˈmẽ.tu/

  • Hyphenation: man‧da‧men‧to

Noun

mandamento m (plural mandamentos)

  1. (chiefly biblical) commandment (command or edict)
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