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comisario

commissioner

noun koh-mee-SAH-ryoh Less Common
People & Society Law

Origin: From Medieval Latin commissarius, from Latin committere (to entrust).

Also means

police superintendent

Usage Note

Comisario in a police context is a senior officer rank — roughly superintendent or commissioner. In Spain the EU commissioner is also called comisario europeo. The female form is comisaria; note the separate word comisaría (with stress on the í), which means the police station.

Examples

"El comisario dirigió la investigación."

Natural Translation

The commissioner led the investigation.

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