de ordeno y mando

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "of I order and I boss"

Adjective

de ordeno y mando (invariable)

  1. (idiomatic) tyrannical; iron-fisted
    • 1884, Benito Pérez Galdós, La de Bringas:
      -No se apure usted, señora, no se encabrite, no se encumbre -replicó la Sánchez-. Si se me viene con sofoquinas y con aquello de ordeno y mando, no hemos hecho nada. Usted en su casa, y yo en la mía. []
      "Don't you fret, young lady, don't get upset", replied Sánchez, "if you get in a flush and boss me about, we'll get nowhere. You go home, as will I [] "
    • 2018, Marc Prenafeta Cruellas, Javier Andreu Philpott, Liderar millennials. ¿Utopía o realidad?:
      Por el contrario, las generaciones anteriores fueron educadas bajo un modelo de ordeno y mando, en el que la autoridad (padres, profesores o familiares) ordenaba y los hijos no hacían otra cosa que obedecer.
      By contrast, previous generations were raised with an iron-fisted model, in which the authority (parents, teachers or family members) would give orders and the children had no choice but to obey.
    jefe de ordeno y mandoiron-fisted boss
    actitud de ordeno y mando
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