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encomendar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • commend verb To praise someone formally for doing something well.
  • commit verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
  • entrust verb To give someone responsibility for something valuable or important, trusting them to look after it.
  • task noun A specific piece of work that needs to be done.

Senses

encomendar is used for these senses in English:

  • commend (transitive) To praise or acclaim.
  • commend (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
  • commit (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
  • entrust (transitive) To trust to the care of.
  • task (transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.

commend — full definition

  1. verb To praise someone formally for doing something well.
  2. verb To entrust someone or something to another's care.

commit — full definition

  1. verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
  2. verb To pledge or bind oneself to a course of action.
  3. verb To save a set of changes permanently, especially in software or version control.

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