encargo
See also: encargó
Galician
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkaʁ.ɡu/ [ẽˈkaɦ.ɡu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkaʁ.ɡu/ [ĩˈkaɦ.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkaɾ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkaɾ.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkaʁ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkaʁ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkaɻ.ɡo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkaɻ.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽˈkaɾ.ɡu/ [ẽˈkaɾ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: en‧car‧go
Etymology 1
From encarregar + -o.
Noun
encargo m (plural encargos)
- responsibility (duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable)
- a fee or tax
- post (appointed position)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enˈkaɾɡo/ [ẽŋˈkaɾ.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -aɾɡo
- Syllabification: en‧car‧go
Etymology 1
Deverbal from encargar.
Noun
encargo m (plural encargos)
- order (a product that is ordered)
- Synonym: pedido
- errand, task
- commission, assignment, job (an order at work from one's boss)
Derived terms
- asesinato por encargo (“murder-for-hire, contract killing”)
- más tonto que mandado hacer de encargo
- por encargo
Further reading
- “encargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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