What does commissario in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word commissario in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use commissario in Italian.

The word commissario in Italian means police commissioner, chief of police, commissioner, commissioner, commissioner, place under receivership, place under receivership, public safety commissioner, political commissar, district commissioner, special commissioner, head coach, manager. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word commissario

police commissioner, chief of police

(funzionario di polizia) (police official)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il commissario ha ordinato di pattugliare la zona della stazione giorno e notte per ridurre la criminalità.
The chief of police has ordered us to patrol the station day and night in order to bring down crime.

commissioner

(funzionario con compiti straordinari)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il governo ha nominato un commissario che si occuperà della crisi nelle zone alluvionate.
The government has appointed a commissioner who will deal with the crisis in the areas hit by flooding.

commissioner

(responsabile, incaricato)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il nuovo commissario tecnico della nazionale è stato nominato ieri.
The new technical commissioner was appointed yesterday.

commissioner

(membro di una commissione) (member of a commission)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Uno dei commissari è stato arrestato per corruzione.
One of the commissioners has been arrested for corruption.

place under receivership

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (sottoporre a un commissario)

place under receivership

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (sottoporre ad autorità esterna)

(phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S])
L'idea di commissariare il comune non è stata ben accolta dai partiti di opposizione.

public safety commissioner

political commissar

(historical)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

district commissioner

special commissioner

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

head coach, manager

(football)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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