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

• capomandamento

Derived terms

• mandamentale

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.daˈmẽ.tu/

• (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)