encomienda
Spanish, noun/enkoˈmjenda/
encomienda is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “parcel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of encomendar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de encomendar”.
What does encomienda mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparcel
- 2
feminineorder
- 3
feminineencomienda
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
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 encomendar. 2. Objeto encomendado. 3. Renta que cobraban algunos caballeros destacados en el ejército. 4. Territorio sobre el que tenia jurisdicción un delegado de las Ordenes Militares llamado comendador.
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 encomienda
- encomiendas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encomienda?
- /enkoˈmjenda/
- [ẽŋ.koˈmjẽn̪.d̪a]
- [ẽŋkoˈmjẽn̪d̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encomienda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encomienda in Spanish?
encomienda appears 2.9 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).