encargo

See also: encargó

Galician

Verb

encargo

1. first-person singular present indicative of encargar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkaʁ.ɡu/ [ẽˈkaɦ.ɡu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkaʁ.ɡu/ [ĩˈkaɦ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkaʁ.ɡu/ [ẽˈkaɦ.ɡu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkaʁ.ɡu/ [ĩˈkaɦ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkaɾ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkaɾ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkaʁ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkaʁ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkaɻ.ɡo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkaɻ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈkaɾ.ɡu/ [ẽˈkaɾ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: en‧car‧go

Etymology 1

From encarregar +‎ -o.

Noun

encargo m (plural encargos)

1. responsibility (duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable)
2. a fee or tax
3. post (appointed position)

Etymology 2

Verb

encargo

1. first-person singular present indicative of encargar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈkaɾɡo/ [ẽŋˈkaɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾɡo
• Syllabification: en‧car‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from encargar.

Noun

encargo m (plural encargos)

1. order (a product that is ordered)

   Synonym: pedido

2. errand, task
3. commission, assignment, job (an order at work from one's boss)

Derived terms

• asesinato por encargo (“murder-for-hire, contract killing”)
• más tonto que mandado hacer de encargo
• por encargo

 

Etymology 2

Verb

encargo

1. first-person singular present indicative of encargar

Further reading

• “encargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28