# mandar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

### Verb

mandar (first-person singular indicative present mando, past participle mandáu)
* to order
* to send
* to rule, govern, be in charge
* to offer (money)
* to transfer

#### Conjugation
## Basque
### Noun

mandar inan
* apron

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandāre.

### Verb

mandar
* to call

#### Conjugation
### References

* mandar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mandar, from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /manˈdaɾ/

### Verb

mandar (first-person singular present mando, first-person singular preterite mandei, past participle mandado)
* to order, command
    Synonym: ordenar
* to govern, rule; to be in power
    Manda moito o moucho no seu souto (humoristic proverb, attested since the 16th century) ― The little owl rules strongly in his copse
* (law) to bequeath
    Synonyms: dispoñer, outorgar, testar
** 1348, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 308:Mando a o capellan da capella de sam fruytoso. os panos que trouxer de cotio cerame et pellote et saya. et o meu tabardo agoadeyroI bequeath to the chaplain of the chapel of Saint Fructuosus my daily clothes, cloak and garment and robe, and my water overcoat
* to send
    Synonym: enviar
* to throw
    Synonyms: arrebolar, tirar
* to hit
    Synonyms: dar, meter

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* manda
* mandado

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mandar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mandar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mandar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mandar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mandar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “mandar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mandar, from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

### Verb

mandar (Hebrew spelling מאנדאר)
* (ditransitive, transitive) to send (make something, such as an object or message, go from one place to another, or to someone)
    Synonym: embiar
** 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, chapter 22, in Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, editors, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 227:Despues de pokos dias, mandaron el direktor, el kual se yamava Musyu Maks.After a few days they sent the director whose name was Musyu Maks.

#### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ “mandar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Latin
### Verb

mandar
* first-person singular future passive indicative of mandō

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman.dar/

### Noun

mandar m (plural mnadar)
* Alternative form of mandra: mess, disorder

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan mandar, from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

mandar
* to send
    Synonym: enviar

#### Related terms

* comandar
* demandar

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

### Verb

mandar
* (ditransitive, transitive) to send (make something, such as an object or message, go from one place to another, or to someone)
** 1362, Andrés Martínez Salazar, editor, Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII a XVI, page 116:mando mj̃a alma a Deus padre que a ffezo et a criou aa sua ymagen et asua semeldũe.I send my soul to God the Father, who made it and created it in His image and likeness.
** 1462, J. García Oro, “Viveiro en los siglos XIV y XV. La Colección Diplomática de Santo Domingo de Viveiro”, in Estudios Mindonienses, number 3, page 109:Iten mando a Triidade de sacar cativos de terra de mouros çincuenta maravedis.Item, I send fifty maravedis to the Trinity for releasing captives from the land of the Moors.

#### Descendants

* Galician: mandar
* Portuguese: mandar

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mandar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mandar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “mandar”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”). Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French mander.

### Verb

mandar
* to send
* to order; to command

#### Related terms

* demandar

#### Descendants

* Occitan: mandar

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mandāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 148 (pp. 148-9)

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

### Verb

mandar
* (ditransitive, transitive) to send (make something, such as an object or message, go from one place to another, or to someone)
    Synonym: enbiar
** 1465, F. Iuanetin Niño, A la Sereniſsima Infanta Sor Margarita de la Cruz en razón del interrogatorio en la causa de la Virgen Sor Maria de San Joseph Abadesa en Salamanca‎, F. de Rosales, page 34:Mandò el medico que me diſſen ſudores, […]She sent the physician as they might have been making me sweat.
* to order (command)
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 22v:Mando el nr̃o ſeñor amoẏſen q̃ tremetiesſe eſpias atiera de chanaan por barũtar q̃ tr̃a eraOur Lord ordered Moses to send spies to the land of Canaan to get a sense of what [kind of] land it was.
** 1443, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, chapter XV, in Cvruiosa y Ocvlta Filosofia. Primera, y Segvnda Parte de las marauillas de las naturaleza, examinadas en varias queſtiones naturales.‎, page 375:[…] y mandar algun pueblo mayor, ò menor.And command some greater or smaller people.

#### Descendants

* Ladino: mandar, מאנדאר
* Spanish: mandar

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “mandar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 323

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* mãdar (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mandar, from Latin mandāre (“to order, to commission”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃ˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃ˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃ˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈdaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈdaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈda.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: man‧dar

### Verb

mandar (first-person singular present mando, first-person singular preterite mandei, past participle mandado)
* (transitive) to order, command
    Synonyms: comandar, ordenar
* (intransitive) to order, to boss around [with em ‘someone’]
    Ninguém manda em mim. ― Nobody orders me around.
* (transitive) to send
    Synonym: enviar
    Você sabe quem mandou estas flores? ― Do you know who sent these flowers?
* (transitive) to throw
    Synonyms: (informal) amandar, arremessar, (Brazil) jogar
* (intransitive) to be in power; to be the boss
    Sou eu quem manda aqui! ― I'm the one in charge here.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* comandar
* demandar
* encomendar

### Further reading

* “mandar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mandar, from Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /manˈdaɾ/ [mãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: man‧dar

### Verb

mandar (first-person singular present mando, first-person singular preterite mandé, past participle mandado)
* (transitive) to send
    Synonym: enviar
* (transitive) to order
    Synonym: ordenar
    me mandó a dispararHe ordered me to fire
* (intransitive) to lead, be in charge, command
    Synonym: liderar
* (reflexive, of rooms) to enjoin
* (dance) to lead
    Synonym: guiar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* a mandar
* como Dios manda
* como está mandado
* de ordeno y mando
* donde hay patrón, no manda marinero
* manda
* manda huevos
* mandadero
* mandador
* mandamiento
* mandar a freír espárragos
* mandar a hacer puñetas
* mandar a la mierda
* mandar a otro mundo
* mandar al cuerno
* mandarse
* mandarse a cambiar
* mandilón
* mando
* mandón
* manduquear
* más tonto que mandado hacer de encargo

#### Related terms

* comandar
* demandar
* encomendar
* mandato

### Further reading

* “mandar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin mandāre, present active indicative of mandō (“order, commission”).

### Verb

mandar
* (transitive) to send

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Related terms

* comandar