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Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + Old Galician-Portuguese comendar , from Latin commendāre . Compare comandar , a doublet borrowed from French.
Pronunciation
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ , ( natural pronunciation ) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ , ( natural pronunciation ) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/
( 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)/ , ( natural pronunciation ) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/
( Southern Brazil ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(ɻ)/ , ( natural pronunciation ) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ɻ)/
Hyphenation: en‧co‧men‧dar
Verb
encomendar (first-person singular present encomendo , first-person singular preterite encomendei , past participle encomendado )
( transitive ) to order ; to instruct
( transitive ) to commission
( transitive ) to recommend
( pronominal ) to commend oneself; to entrust oneself
Conjugation
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish en- + comendar , from Latin commendāre . Compare comandar , a doublet borrowed from Italian or French.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /enkomenˈdaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: en‧co‧men‧dar
Verb
encomendar (first-person singular present encomiendo , first-person singular preterite encomendé , past participle encomendado )
to entrust
Encomendó la organización del evento a su asistente.She entrusted the organisation of the event to her assistant.
1602 — La 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
Conjugation
Selected combined forms of encomendar (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
with infinitive encomendar
encomendarme
encomendarte
encomendarle , encomendarse
encomendarnos
encomendaros
encomendarles , encomendarse
encomendarme
encomendarte
encomendarlo , encomendarla , encomendarse
encomendarnos
encomendaros
encomendarlos , encomendarlas , encomendarse
with gerund encomendando
encomendándome
encomendándote
encomendándole , encomendándose
encomendándonos
encomendándoos
encomendándoles , encomendándose
encomendándome
encomendándote
encomendándolo , encomendándola , encomendándose
encomendándonos
encomendándoos
encomendándolos , encomendándolas , encomendándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative encomienda
encomiéndame
encomiéndate
encomiéndale
encomiéndanos
not used
encomiéndales
encomiéndame
encomiéndate
encomiéndalo , encomiéndala
encomiéndanos
not used
encomiéndalos , encomiéndalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative encomendá
encomendame
encomendate
encomendale
encomendanos
not used
encomendales
encomendame
encomendate
encomendalo , encomendala
encomendanos
not used
encomendalos , encomendalas
with formal second-person singular imperative encomiende
encomiéndeme
not used
encomiéndele , encomiéndese
encomiéndenos
not used
encomiéndeles
encomiéndeme
not used
encomiéndelo , encomiéndela , encomiéndese
encomiéndenos
not used
encomiéndelos , encomiéndelas
with first-person plural imperative encomendemos
not used
encomendémoste
encomendémosle
encomendémonos
encomendémoos
encomendémosles
not used
encomendémoste
encomendémoslo , encomendémosla
encomendémonos
encomendémoos
encomendémoslos , encomendémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative encomendad
encomendadme
not used
encomendadle
encomendadnos
encomendaos
encomendadles
encomendadme
not used
encomendadlo , encomendadla
encomendadnos
encomendaos
encomendadlos , encomendadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative encomienden
encomiéndenme
not used
encomiéndenle
encomiéndennos
not used
encomiéndenles , encomiéndense
encomiéndenme
not used
encomiéndenlo , encomiéndenla
encomiéndennos
not used
encomiéndenlos , encomiéndenlas , encomiéndense
Derived terms
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