encomendar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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)/ [ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(h)]
    • (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)/ [ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ko.mẽˈda(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.mẽˈda(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ku.mẽˈdaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ku.mẽˈda.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: en‧co‧men‧dar

Verb

encomendar (first-person singular present encomendo, first-person singular preterite encomendei, 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
    Conjugation of encomendar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal encomendar
Personal encomendar encomendares encomendar encomendarmos encomendardes encomendarem
Gerund
encomendando
Past participle
Masculine encomendado encomendados
Feminine encomendada encomendadas
Indicative
Present encomendo encomendas encomenda encomendamos encomendais encomendam
Imperfect encomendava encomendavas encomendava encomendávamos encomendáveis encomendavam
Preterite encomendei encomendaste encomendou encomendamos1, encomendámos2 encomendastes encomendaram
Pluperfect encomendara encomendaras encomendara encomendáramos encomendáreis encomendaram
Future encomendarei encomendarás encomendará encomendaremos encomendareis encomendarão
Conditional encomendaria encomendarias encomendaria encomendaríamos encomendaríeis encomendariam
Subjunctive
Present encomende encomendes encomende encomendemos encomendeis encomendem
Imperfect encomendasse encomendasses encomendasse encomendássemos encomendásseis encomendassem
Future encomendar encomendares encomendar encomendarmos encomendardes encomendarem
Imperative
Affirmative encomenda encomende encomendemos encomendai encomendem
Negative (não) não encomendes não encomende não encomendemos não encomendeis não encomendem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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/ [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)

  1. 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.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of encomendar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive encomendar
gerund encomendando
past participle masculine feminine
singular encomendado encomendada
plural encomendados encomendadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present encomiendo encomiendastú
encomendásvos		 encomienda encomendamos encomendáis encomiendan
imperfect encomendaba encomendabas encomendaba encomendábamos encomendabais encomendaban
preterite encomendé encomendaste encomendó encomendamos encomendasteis encomendaron
future encomendaré encomendarás encomendará encomendaremos encomendaréis encomendarán
conditional encomendaría encomendarías encomendaría encomendaríamos encomendaríais encomendarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present encomiende encomiendestú
encomendésvos2		 encomiende encomendemos encomendéis encomienden
imperfect
(ra)		 encomendara encomendaras encomendara encomendáramos encomendarais encomendaran
imperfect
(se)		 encomendase encomendases encomendase encomendásemos encomendaseis encomendasen
future1 encomendare encomendares encomendare encomendáremos encomendareis encomendaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative encomiendatú
encomendávos		 encomiende encomendemos encomendad encomienden
negative no encomiendes no encomiende no encomendemos no encomendéis no encomienden

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of encomendar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive encomendar
dative encomendarme encomendarte encomendarle, encomendarse encomendarnos encomendaros encomendarles, encomendarse
accusative encomendarme encomendarte encomendarlo, encomendarla, encomendarse encomendarnos encomendaros encomendarlos, encomendarlas, encomendarse
with gerund encomendando
dative encomendándome encomendándote encomendándole, encomendándose encomendándonos encomendándoos encomendándoles, encomendándose
accusative encomendándome encomendándote encomendándolo, encomendándola, encomendándose encomendándonos encomendándoos encomendándolos, encomendándolas, encomendándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative encomienda
dative encomiéndame encomiéndate encomiéndale encomiéndanos not used encomiéndales
accusative encomiéndame encomiéndate encomiéndalo, encomiéndala encomiéndanos not used encomiéndalos, encomiéndalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative encomendá
dative encomendame encomendate encomendale encomendanos not used encomendales
accusative encomendame encomendate encomendalo, encomendala encomendanos not used encomendalos, encomendalas
with formal second-person singular imperative encomiende
dative encomiéndeme not used encomiéndele, encomiéndese encomiéndenos not used encomiéndeles
accusative encomiéndeme not used encomiéndelo, encomiéndela, encomiéndese encomiéndenos not used encomiéndelos, encomiéndelas
with first-person plural imperative encomendemos
dative not used encomendémoste encomendémosle encomendémonos encomendémoos encomendémosles
accusative not used encomendémoste encomendémoslo, encomendémosla encomendémonos encomendémoos encomendémoslos, encomendémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative encomendad
dative encomendadme not used encomendadle encomendadnos encomendaos encomendadles
accusative encomendadme not used encomendadlo, encomendadla encomendadnos encomendaos encomendadlos, encomendadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative encomienden
dative encomiéndenme not used encomiéndenle encomiéndennos not used encomiéndenles, encomiéndense
accusative encomiéndenme not used encomiéndenlo, encomiéndenla encomiéndennos not used encomiéndenlos, encomiéndenlas, encomiéndense

Derived terms

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