encomendar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese en- + comendar, from Latin commendāre, present active infinitive of commendō. Compare comandar, a doublet borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ku.mẽ.ˈdaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: en‧co‧men‧dar

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to order; to instruct
  2. (transitive) to commission
  3. (transitive) to recommend
  4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to commend oneself; to entrust oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms


Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish en- + comendar, from Latin commendāre, present active infinitive of commendō. Compare comandar, a doublet borrowed from Italian or French.

Verb

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

  1. to entrust

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.
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