mandar
Spanish, verb/manˈdaɾ/
mandar is spelled M-A-N-D-A-R (6 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandar is a Spanish verb meaning “to send” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar órdenes a un subalterno o súbdito”.
What does mandar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to send
- 2
to order
me mandó a disparar
- 3
to lead, be in charge, command
- 4
to enjoin
- 5
to lead
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar órdenes a un subalterno o súbdito. 2. Encomendar algo. 3. Enviar algo o alguien. 4. Legar, donar a otro una cosa en testamento.
verb: 1. Regir, gobernar, tener el mando. 2. Tener liderazgo e iniciativa.
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 mandar
- mando first-person present singular
- mandé first-person preterite singular
- mandado participle past
- mandando gerund
- mandada feminine participle past
- mandados masculine participle past
- mandadas feminine participle past
- mandas indicative informal present
- mandás indicative informal present
- manda indicative present singular
- mandamos first-person indicative plural
- mandáis indicative plural present
- mandan indicative plural present
- mandaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mandabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mandábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mandabais imperfect indicative plural
- mandaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandar?
- /manˈdaɾ/
- [mãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mandar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mandar in Spanish?
mandar appears 28 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).