encargo
Spanish, noun
encargo is spelled E-N-C-A-R-G-O (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,704th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encargo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “order (a product that is ordered)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of encargar. With an accent, encargó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of encargar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de encargar”.
What does encargo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorder (a product that is ordered)
- 2
masculineerrand, task
- 3
masculinecommission, assignment, job (an order at work from one's boss)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of encargar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of encargar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de encargar. 2. La cosa encargada. 3. Cargo o empleo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of encargo
- encargos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to encargo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encargo in Spanish?
encargo appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).