encomendar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• comendar (dated)

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)]

• (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/

• (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. (pronominal) 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

• encomenda

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.

   • 1992, Anjel Rekalde, Dorregarai: la casa torre:

     llevaba a término las misiones que le encomendaban

     I fulfilled the missions I was entrusted

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

• encomienda

 

Further reading

• “encomendar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28