mandar
Portuguese, verb/mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/
mandar is spelled M-A-N-D-A-R (6 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,743rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to order, command” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar ordens a”.
What does mandar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to order, command
- 2
to tell to do something (may or may not have a commanding tone)
- 3
to order, to boss around
Ninguém manda em mim.
- 4
to send
Você sabe quem mandou estas flores?
- 5
to throw
- 6
to be in power; to be the boss
Sou eu quem manda aqui!
- 7
informalto leave, to piss off
Ele se mandou daqui
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar ordens a 2. prescrever 3. dirigir 4. governar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mandar
- mando first-person present singular
- mandei first-person preterite singular
- mandado participle past
- mandares infinitive second-person singular
- mandarmos first-person infinitive plural
- mandardes infinitive plural second-person
- mandarem infinitive plural third-person
- mandando gerund
- mandados masculine participle past
- mandada feminine participle past
- mandadas feminine participle past
- mandas indicative present second-person
- manda indicative present singular
- mandamos first-person indicative plural
- mandais indicative plural present
- mandam indicative plural present
- mandava first-person imperfect indicative
- mandavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandar?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mɐ̃ˈda(h)]
- /mɐ̃ˈda(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
mandar appears 55 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).