mandar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

Verb

mandar (first-person singular indicative present mando, past participle mandáu)

to order
to send
to rule, govern, be in charge
to offer (money)
to transfer

Conjugation

Conjugation of mandar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		mandar
gerund		mandando
past participle		m mandáu, f mandada, n mandao, m pl mandaos, f pl mandaes
indicative	present	mando	mandes	manda	mandamos	mandáis	manden
	imperfect	mandaba	mandabes	mandaba	mandábemos, mandábamos	mandabeis, mandabais	mandaben
	preterite	mandé	mandasti, mandesti	mandó	mandemos	mandastis, mandestis	mandaron
	pluperfect	mandare, mandara	mandares, mandaras	mandare, mandara	mandáremos, mandáramos	mandareis, mandarais	mandaren, mandaran
	future	mandaré	mandarás	mandará	mandaremos	mandaréis	mandarán
	conditional	mandaría	mandaríes	mandaría	mandaríemos, mandaríamos	mandaríeis, mandaríais	mandaríen
subjunctive	present	mande	mandes, mandas	mande	mandemos	mandéis	manden, mandan
subjunctive	imperfect	mandare, mandara	mandares, mandaras	mandare, mandara	mandáremos, mandáramos	mandareis, mandarais	mandaren, mandaran
imperative		—	manda	—	—	mandái	—

Basque

Noun

mandar inan

apron

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandāre.

Verb

mandar

to call

Conjugation

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Conjugation of mandar

		simple			compound
infinitive		mandar			haveir mandá
gerund		mandánt			hayent mandá
auxiliary verb		haveir
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	mandá			mandáe
	plural	mandás			mandáes
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	mando	mandes	mandet	mandems	mandads	mandont
	imperfect	mandavo	mandaves	mandavet	mandavams	mandavads	mandavant
	preterite	mandei	mandés	mandét	mandémos	mandêtes	mandéront
	future	manderai	manderés	manderat	manderems	mandereds	manderánt
	conditional	manderim	manderies	manderiet	manderiams	manderiads	manderiant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of haveir + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of haveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	mando	mandes	mandet	mandams	mandads	mandant
	imperfect	mandesso	mandesses	mandesset	mandessams	mandessads	mandessant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of haveir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			manda		mandams	mandads

References

mandar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mandar, from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /manˈdaɾ/

Verb

mandar (first-person singular present mando, first-person singular preterite mandei, past participle mandado)

to order, command
Synonym: ordenar
to govern, rule; to be in power
Manda moito o moucho no seu souto (humoristic proverb, attested since the 16th century) ― The little owl rules strongly in his copse
(law) to bequeath
Synonyms: dispoñer, outorgar, testar
- 1348, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 308:
  Mando a o capellan da capella de sam fruytoso. os panos que trouxer de cotio cerame et pellote et saya. et o meu tabardo agoadeyro
  I bequeath to the chaplain of the chapel of Saint Fructuosus my daily clothes, cloak and garment and robe, and my water overcoat
to send
Synonym: enviar
to throw
Synonyms: arrebolar, tirar
to hit
Synonyms: dar, meter

Conjugation

Conjugation of mandar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mandar
Personal	mandar	mandares	mandar	mandarmos	mandardes	mandaren
Gerund
	mandando
Past participle
Masculine	mandado			mandados
Feminine	mandada			mandadas
Indicative
Present	mando	mandas	manda	mandamos	mandades	mandan
Imperfect	mandaba	mandabas	mandaba	mandabamos	mandabades	mandaban
Preterite	mandei	mandaches	mandou	mandamos	mandastes	mandaron
Pluperfect	mandara	mandaras	mandara	mandaramos	mandarades	mandaran
Future	mandarei	mandarás	mandará	mandaremos	mandaredes	mandarán
Conditional	mandaría	mandarías	mandaría	mandariamos	mandariades	mandarían
Subjunctive
Present	mande	mandes	mande	mandemos	mandedes	manden
Imperfect	mandase	mandases	mandase	mandásemos	mandásedes	mandasen
Future	mandar	mandares	mandar	mandarmos	mandardes	mandaren
Imperative
Affirmative		manda	mande	mandemos	mandade	manden
Negative (non)		non mandes	non mande	non mandemos	non mandedes	non manden

Reintegrated conjugation of mandar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mandar
Personal	mandar	mandares	mandar	mandarmos	mandardes	mandarem
Gerund
	mandando
Past participle
Masculine	mandado			mandados
Feminine	mandada			mandadas
Indicative
Present	mando	mandas	manda	mandamos	mandades, mandais	mandam
Imperfect	mandava	mandavas	mandava	mandávamos	mandávades, mandáveis, mandávais¹	mandavam
Preterite	mandei	mandaste, mandache¹	mandou	mandamos	mandastes	mandárom, mandaram
Pluperfect	mandara	mandaras	mandara	mandáramos	mandárades, mandáreis, mandárais¹	mandaram
Future	mandarei	mandarás	mandará	mandaremos	mandaredes, mandareis	mandarám, mandarão
Conditional	mandaria	mandarias	mandaria	mandaríamos	mandaríades, mandaríeis, mandaríais¹	mandariam
Subjunctive
Present	mande	mandes	mande	mandemos	mandedes, mandeis	mandem
Imperfect	mandasse	mandasses	mandasse	mandássemos	mandássedes, mandásseis	mandassem
Future	mandar	mandares	mandar	mandarmos	mandardes	mandarem
Imperative
Affirmative		manda	mande	mandemos	mandade, mandai	mandem
Negative (nom)		nom mandes	nom mande	nom mandemos	nom mandedes, nom mandeis	nom mandem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mandar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mandar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mandar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mandar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mandar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mandar, from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

Verb

mandar (Hebrew spelling מאנדאר)^[1]

(ditransitive, transitive) to send (make something, such as an object or message, go from one place to another, or to someone)
Synonym: embiar
- 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, chapter 22, in Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, editors, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎^[1], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 227:
  Despues de pokos dias, mandaron el direktor, el kual se yamava Musyu Maks.
  After a few days they sent the director whose name was Musyu Maks.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mandar

person		singular			plural
infinitive		simple		mandar
infinitive		compound		aver mandado
gerund		simple		mandando
gerund		compound		aviendo mandado
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		mandado		mandados
		feminine		mandada		mandadas
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	mando	mandas	manda	mandamos	mandáx	mandan
	imperfect	mandava	mandavas	mandava	mandávamos	mandavax	mandavan
	preterite	mandí	mandates	mandó	mandimos	mandatex	mandaron
	future	mandaré	mandarás	mandará	mandaremos	mandaréx	mandarán
	conditional	mandaría	mandarías	mandaría	mandaríamos	mandaríax	mandarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él / ella	mosotros mosós	vosotros vosós / vós	ellos / ellas
	present	mande	mandes	mande	mandemos	mandéx	manden
	imperfect	mandara	mandaras	mandara	mandáramos	mandarax	mandaran
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vosotros vosós / vós	—
	affirmative	—	manda	—	—	mandad	—
	negative	—	no mandes	—	—	no mandéx	—

References

^ “mandar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Latin

Verb

mandar

first-person singular future passive indicative of mandō

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈman.dar/

Noun

mandar m (plural mnadar)

Alternative form of mandra: mess, disorder

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mandar, from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

mandar

to send
Synonym: enviar

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mandar			aver mandat
gerund		mandant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		mandat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mandi	mandas	manda	mandam	mandatz	mandan
	imperfect	mandavi	mandavas	mandava	mandàvem	mandàvetz	mandavan
	preterite	mandèri	mandères	mandèt	mandèrem	mandèretz	mandèron
	future	mandarai	mandaràs	mandarà	mandarem	mandaretz	mandaràn
	conditional	mandariái	mandariás	mandariá	mandariam	mandariatz	mandarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	mandèra	mandèras	mandèra	manderam	manderatz	mandèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mande	mandes	mande	mandem	mandetz	manden
	imperfect	mandèssi	mandèsses	mandèsse	mandèssem	mandèssetz	mandèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			manda		mandem	mandatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		mandar			aver mandat
gerund		mandant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		mandat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mande	mandes	manda	mandam	mandatz	mandon
	imperfect	mandave	mandaves	mandava	mandaviam	mandaviatz	mandavon
	preterite	mandere	manderes	mandet	mandem	mandetz	manderon
	future	mandarai	mandaràs	mandará	mandarem	mandaretz	mandarán
	conditional	mandariá	mandariás	mandariá	mandariam	mandariatz	mandarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	mandèra	mandèras	mandèra	manderam	manderatz	mandèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mande	mandes	mande	mandassiam	mandassiatz	mandon
	imperfect	mandesse	mandesses	mandesse	mandessiam	mandessiatz	mandesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			manda		mandassiam	mandatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		mandar			aver mandat
gerund		mandant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		mandat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mandi	mandas	manda	mandam	mandatz	mandan
	imperfect	mandavi	mandavas	mandava	mandàvam	mandàvatz	mandavan
	preterite	mandèi	mandès	mandè	mandèm	mandètz	mandèn
	future	mandarèi	mandaràs	mandarà	mandaram	mandaratz	mandaràn
	conditional	mandarí	mandarés	mandaré	mandarem	mandaretz	mandarén
	conditional 2nd form¹	mandèra	mandèras	mandèra	manderam	manderatz	mandèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mandi	mandes	mande	mandem	mandetz	manden
	imperfect	mandèssi	mandèsses	mandèsse	mandèssem	mandèssetz	mandèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			manda		mandem	mandatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		mandar			aver mandat
gerund		mandant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		mandat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mande	mandas	manda	mandam	mandatz	mandan
	imperfect	mandava	mandavas	mandava	mandàvam	mandàvatz	mandavan
	preterite	mandei	manderas	mandet	mandèram	mandèratz	manderan
	future	mandarai	mandaràs	mandará	mandarem	mandaretz	mandarán
	conditional	mandariá	mandariàs	mandariá	mandariam	mandariatz	mandarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	mandèra	mandèras	mandèra	manderam	manderatz	mandèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mande	mandes	mande	mandem	mandetz	manden
	imperfect	mandèsse	mandèsses	mandèsse	mandèssem	mandèssetz	mandèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			manda		mandem	mandatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		mandar			aver mandat
gerund		mandant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		mandat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mande	mandes	manda	mandam	mandatz	mandan
	imperfect	mandavi	mandavas	mandava	mandàvem	mandàvetz	mandavan
	preterite	mandère	mandères	mandèt	manderiam	manderiatz	mandèron
	future	mandarai	mandaràs	mandarà	mandarem	mandaretz	mandaràn
	conditional	mandariáu	mandariás	mandariá	mandariam	mandariatz	mandarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	mandèra	mandèras	mandèra	manderam	manderatz	mandèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mande	mandes	mande	mandem	mandetz	mandan
	imperfect	mandèsse	mandèsses	mandèsse	mandessiam	mandessiatz	mandèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			manda		mandem	mandatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

Verb

mandar

(ditransitive, transitive) to send (make something, such as an object or message, go from one place to another, or to someone)
- 1362, Andrés Martínez Salazar, editor, Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII a XVI, page 116:
  mando mj̃a alma a Deus padre que a ffezo et a criou aa sua ymagen et asua semeldũe.
  I send my soul to God the Father, who made it and created it in His image and likeness.
- 1462, J. García Oro, “Viveiro en los siglos XIV y XV. La Colección Diplomática de Santo Domingo de Viveiro”, in Estudios Mindonienses, number 3, page 109:
  Iten mando a Triidade de sacar cativos de terra de mouros çincuenta maravedis.
  Item, I send fifty maravedis to the Trinity for releasing captives from the land of the Moors.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mandar

infinitive		compound		infinitive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
infinitive		simple		mandar
gerund		simple		mandando
gerund		compound		gerund of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		mandado		mandados
		feminine		mandada		mandadas
present participle				mandante		mandantes
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	mando	mandas	manda	mandamos	mandades	mandan
	imperfect	mandava	mandavas	mandava	mandavamos, mandávamos	mandavades, mandávades	mandavan
	preterite	mandei	mandaste, mandasche, mandache	mandou	mandamos	mandastes	mandaron
	pluperfect	mandara	mandaras	mandara	mandaramos, mandáramos	mandarades, mandárades	mandaran
	future	mandarei	mandarás	mandará	mandaremos	mandaredes	mandarán
	conditional	mandaria	mandarias	mandaria	mandariamos, mandaríamos	mandariades, mandaríades	mandarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	mande	mandes	mande	mandemos	mandedes	manden
	preterite	mandasse	mandasses	mandasse	mandassemos, mandássemos	mandassedes, mandássedes	mandassen
	future	mandar	mandares	mandar	mandarmos	mandardes	mandaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	manda	mande	mandemos	mandade	—
negative		—	non mandes	non mande	non mandemos	non mandedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
personal infinitive		mandar	mandares	mandar	mandarmos	mandardes	mandaren
¹ Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well. ² teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

Descendants

Galician: mandar
Portuguese: mandar

References

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mandar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mandar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “mandar”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”). Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French mander.

Verb

mandar

to send
to order; to command

Related terms

demandar

Descendants

Occitan: mandar

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mandāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 148 (pp. 148-9)

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

Verb

mandar

(ditransitive, transitive) to send (make something, such as an object or message, go from one place to another, or to someone)
Synonym: enbiar
- 1465, F. Iuanetin Niño, A la Sereniſsima Infanta Sor Margarita de la Cruz en razón del interrogatorio en la causa de la Virgen Sor Maria de San Joseph Abadesa en Salamanca‎^[2], F. de Rosales, page 34:
  Mandò el medico que me diſſen ſudores, […]
  She sent the physician as they might have been making me sweat.
to order (command)
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 22v:
  Mando el nr̃o ſeñor amoẏſen q̃ tremetiesſe eſpias atiera de chanaan por barũtar q̃ tr̃a era
  Our Lord ordered Moses to send spies to the land of Canaan to get a sense of what [kind of] land it was.
- 1443, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, chapter XV, in Cvruiosa y Ocvlta Filosofia. Primera, y Segvnda Parte de las marauillas de las naturaleza, examinadas en varias queſtiones naturales.‎^[3], page 375:
  […] y mandar algun pueblo mayor, ò menor.
  And command some greater or smaller people.

Descendants

Ladino: mandar, מאנדאר
Spanish: mandar

References

Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “mandar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 323

Portuguese

Alternative forms

mãdar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mandar, from Latin mandāre (“to order, to commission”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃ˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃ˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈda(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈda.ɾi/

Hyphenation: man‧dar

Verb

mandar (first-person singular present mando, first-person singular preterite mandei, past participle mandado)

(transitive) to order, command
Synonyms: comandar, ordenar
(intransitive) to order, to boss around [with em ‘someone’]
Ninguém manda em mim. ― Nobody orders me around.
(transitive) to send
Synonym: enviar

Você sabe quem mandou estas flores? ― Do you know who sent these flowers?
(transitive) to throw
Synonyms: (informal) amandar, arremessar, (Brazil) jogar
(intransitive) to be in power; to be the boss
Sou eu quem manda aqui! ― I'm the one in charge here.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mandar (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	mandar
Personal	mandar	mandares	mandar	mandarmos	mandardes	mandarem
Gerund
	mandando
Past participle
Masculine	mandado			mandados
Feminine	mandada			mandadas
Indicative
Present	mando	mandas	manda	mandamos	mandais	mandam
Imperfect	mandava	mandavas	mandava	mandávamos	mandáveis	mandavam
Preterite	mandei	mandaste	mandou	mandamos¹, mandámos²	mandastes	mandaram
Pluperfect	mandara	mandaras	mandara	mandáramos	mandáreis	mandaram
Future	mandarei	mandarás	mandará	mandaremos	mandareis	mandarão
Conditional	mandaria	mandarias	mandaria	mandaríamos	mandaríeis	mandariam
Subjunctive
Present	mande	mandes	mande	mandemos	mandeis	mandem
Imperfect	mandasse	mandasses	mandasse	mandássemos	mandásseis	mandassem
Future	mandar	mandares	mandar	mandarmos	mandardes	mandarem
Imperative
Affirmative		manda	mande	mandemos	mandai	mandem
Negative (não)		não mandes	não mande	não mandemos	não mandeis	não mandem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mandar, from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /manˈdaɾ/ [mãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: man‧dar

Verb

mandar (first-person singular present mando, first-person singular preterite mandé, past participle mandado)

(transitive) to send
Synonym: enviar
(transitive) to order
Synonym: ordenar

me mandó a disparar
He ordered me to fire
(intransitive) to lead, be in charge, command
Synonym: liderar
(reflexive, of rooms) to enjoin
(dance) to lead
Synonym: guiar

Conjugation

Conjugation of mandar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			mandar
gerund			mandando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mandado		mandada
		plural		mandados		mandadas
		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	mando	mandas^{^tú} mandás^{^vos}	manda	mandamos	mandáis	mandan
	imperfect	mandaba	mandabas	mandaba	mandábamos	mandabais	mandaban
	preterite	mandé	mandaste	mandó	mandamos	mandasteis	mandaron
	future	mandaré	mandarás	mandará	mandaremos	mandaréis	mandarán
	conditional	mandaría	mandarías	mandaría	mandaríamos	mandaríais	mandarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mande	mandes^{^tú} mandés^{^vos²}	mande	mandemos	mandéis	manden
	imperfect (ra)	mandara	mandaras	mandara	mandáramos	mandarais	mandaran
	imperfect (se)	mandase	mandases	mandase	mandásemos	mandaseis	mandasen
	future¹	mandare	mandares	mandare	mandáremos	mandareis	mandaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		manda^{^tú} mandá^{^vos}	mande	mandemos	mandad	manden
	negative		no mandes	no mande	no mandemos	no mandéis	no manden

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

Selected combined forms of mandar

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 mandar	dative	mandarme	mandarte	mandarle, mandarse	mandarnos	mandaros	mandarles, mandarse
with infinitive mandar	accusative	mandarme	mandarte	mandarlo, mandarla, mandarse	mandarnos	mandaros	mandarlos, mandarlas, mandarse

with gerund mandando	dative	mandándome	mandándote	mandándole, mandándose	mandándonos	mandándoos	mandándoles, mandándose
with gerund mandando	accusative	mandándome	mandándote	mandándolo, mandándola, mandándose	mandándonos	mandándoos	mandándolos, mandándolas, mandándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative manda	dative	mándame	mándate	mándale	mándanos	not used	mándales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative manda	accusative	mándame	mándate	mándalo, mándala	mándanos	not used	mándalos, mándalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative mandá	dative	mandame	mandate	mandale	mandanos	not used	mandales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mandá	accusative	mandame	mandate	mandalo, mandala	mandanos	not used	mandalos, mandalas

with formal second-person singular imperative mande	dative	mándeme	not used	mándele, mándese	mándenos	not used	mándeles
with formal second-person singular imperative mande	accusative	mándeme	not used	mándelo, mándela, mándese	mándenos	not used	mándelos, mándelas

with first-person plural imperative mandemos	dative	not used	mandémoste	mandémosle	mandémonos	mandémoos	mandémosles
with first-person plural imperative mandemos	accusative	not used	mandémoste	mandémoslo, mandémosla	mandémonos	mandémoos	mandémoslos, mandémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative mandad	dative	mandadme	not used	mandadle	mandadnos	mandaos	mandadles
with informal second-person plural imperative mandad	accusative	mandadme	not used	mandadlo, mandadla	mandadnos	mandaos	mandadlos, mandadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative manden	dative	mándenme	not used	mándenle	mándennos	not used	mándenles, mándense
with formal second-person plural imperative manden	accusative	mándenme	not used	mándenlo, mándenla	mándennos	not used	mándenlos, mándenlas, mándense

Derived terms

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Venetan

Etymology

From Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

Verb

mandar

(transitive) to send

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of mandar (first conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	mandar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		mandando
past participle		mandà
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	mando	(te) mandi	(el/ła) manda	mandémo, mandòn	mandé	(i/łe) manda
imperfect	mandava	(te) mandavi	(el/ła) mandava	mandàvimo	mandavi	(i/łe) mandava
future	mandarò	(te) mandarè	(el/ła) mandarà	mandarémo	mandarè	(i/łe) mandarà
conditional	mandarìa	(te) mandarisi	(el/ła) mandarìa	mandarìsimo	mandarisi	(i/łe) mandarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	mande, manda	(te) mandi	(el/ła) mande, (el/ła) manda	mandémo, mandone	mandé	(i/łe) mande, (i/łe) manda
imperfect	mandase	(te) mandasi	(el/ła) mandase	mandàsimo	mandasi	(i/łe) mandase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
imperative	—	(te) manda	(el/ła) manda, (el/ła) mande	mandémo	mandé	(i/łe) manda, (i/łe) mande

Related terms

comandar

[Folkmasa-1] “mandar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

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