encomendar
Spanish, verb/enkomenˈdaɾ/
encomendar is spelled E-N-C-O-M-E-N-D-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encomendar is a Spanish verb meaning “to entrust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedir a alguien que desempeñe una tarea”.
What does encomendar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to entrust
Encomendó la organización del evento a su asistente.
- 2
archaicsynonym of encomiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pedir a alguien que desempeñe una tarea. 2. En las antiguas colonias españolas en América, entregar a alguien un grupo de indígenas bajo el sistema de encomienda. 3. Dar encomienda, hacer comendador a uno. 4. Enviar recados o memorias.
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 encomendar
- encomiendo first-person present singular
- encomendé first-person preterite singular
- encomendado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- encomendando gerund
- encomendada feminine participle past
- encomendados masculine participle past
- encomendadas feminine participle past
- encomiendas indicative informal present
- encomendás indicative informal present
- encomienda indicative present singular
- encomendamos first-person indicative plural
- encomendáis indicative plural present
- encomiendan indicative plural present
- encomendaba first-person imperfect indicative
- encomendabas imperfect indicative second-person
- encomendábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- encomendabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encomendar?
- /enkomenˈdaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ko.mẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
- [ẽŋkomẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encomendar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encomendar in Spanish?
encomendar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).