encomendar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ Old Galician-Portuguese comendar, from Latin commendāre. Compare comandar, a doublet borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: en‧co‧men‧dar

Verb

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encomendar (first-person singular present encomendo, first-person singular preterite encomendei, past participle encomendado)

  1. (transitive) to order; to instruct
  2. (transitive) to commission
  3. (transitive) to recommend
  4. (pronominal) to commend oneself; to entrust oneself

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish en- +‎ comendar, from Latin commendāre. Compare comandar, a doublet borrowed from Italian or French.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /enkomenˈdaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ko.mẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧co‧men‧dar

Verb

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encomendar (first-person singular present encomiendo, first-person singular preterite encomendé, past participle encomendado)

  1. to entrust
    Encomendó la organización del evento a su asistente.
    She entrusted the organisation of the event to her assistant.
    • 1602La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Los Hechos 15:40
      Y Pablo escogiendo á Silas, partió encomendado de los hermanos á la gracia del Señor.
    • 1992, Anjel Rekalde, Dorregarai: la casa torre:
      llevaba a término las misiones que le encomendaban
      I fulfilled the missions I was entrusted

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