encomendar

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === comendar (dated) === Etymology === From en- +‎ Old Galician-Portuguese comendar, from Latin commendāre. Compare comandar, a doublet borrowed from French. === Pronunciation === 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 ==== encomenda === Further reading === “encomendar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “encomendar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish en- +‎ comendar, from Latin commendāre. Compare comandar, a doublet borrowed from Italian or French. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enkomenˈdaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ko.mẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: en‧co‧men‧dar === Verb === encomendar (first-person singular present encomiendo, first-person singular preterite encomendé, past participle encomendado) to entrust 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. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “encomendar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025