encomenda

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽdɐ Hyphenation: en‧co‧men‧da === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese encomenda, from comenda, from comendar (modern Portuguese encomendar). ==== Noun ==== encomenda f (plural encomendas) an order (commercial request for some product or service) a product that has been ordered a parcel (Afro-Brazilian religions) a ritual spell or curse Synonyms: macumba, mandinga, feitiço ===== Usage notes ===== In Brazil, encomenda is used for businesslike orders, while an order at a restaurant or a friendly request is a pedido. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== encomenda inflection of encomendar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “encomenda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “encomenda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026