encomenda
See also: encomendá
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
- Hyphenation: en‧co‧men‧da
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese encomenda, from comenda, from comendar (modern Portuguese encomendar).
Noun edit
encomenda f (plural encomendas)
- an order (commercial request for some product or service)
- a product that has been ordered
- a parcel
- (Afro-Brazilian religions) a ritual spell or curse
Usage notes edit
- In Brazil, encomenda is used for businesslike orders, while an order at a restaurant or a friendly request is a pedido.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
encomenda
- inflection of encomendar: