encomenda

See also: encomendá

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.koˈmẽ.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.koˈmẽ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.koˈmẽ.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.koˈmẽ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.koˈmẽ.da/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.koˈmẽ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kuˈmẽ.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
• Hyphenation: en‧co‧men‧da

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese encomenda, from comenda, from comendar (modern Portuguese encomendar).

Noun

encomenda f (plural encomendas)

1. an order (commercial request for some product or service)
2. a product that has been ordered
3. a parcel
4. (Afro-Brazilian religions) a ritual spell or curse

   Synonyms: macumba, mandinga, feitiço

Usage notes

• In Brazil, encomenda is used for businesslike orders, while an order at a restaurant or a friendly request is a pedido.

Etymology 2

Verb

encomenda

1. inflection of encomendar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative