mandamiento

Ladino

Alternative forms

• mandamyento

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mandamiento.

Noun

mandamiento m (Hebrew spelling מאנדאמיינטו)

1. (religion) commandment

   Synonym: enkomendansa

   • 1995, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], numbers 49–52, page 13:

     En kuanto a los muzulmanos, segun el mandamiento de sus relijion, eyos konsideran todos sus bienes komo patrimonio del Dio.

     As for the Muslims, following their faith’s commandment, they consider all of their goods as God’s property.

   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[2], volumes 26–28, page 51:

     Kualos son los tredje? Tredje ermanos kon Dina, dodje ermanos kon Yosef, onze ermanos sin Yosef, diez mandamientos de la Ley, mueve mezes de la prenyada, ocho dias de mila, siete dias kon el shabat, sesh dias de la semana […]

     What are the thirteen? Thirteen siblings with Dina, twelve with Yosef, eleven without him, ten commandments, nine months of pregnancy, eight days for circumcision, seven with Shabbat, [and] six days of the week.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From mandar +‎ -miento.

Noun

mandamiento m (plural mandamientos)

1. behest; bidding; command; commandment; hest; order

   Synonym: comendamiento

Descendants

• Ladino: mandamiento, מאנדאמיינטו
• Spanish: mandamiento

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mandamiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mandaˈmjento/ [mãn̪.d̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: man‧da‧mien‧to

Noun

mandamiento m (plural mandamientos)

1. order; command

   Synonym: orden

2. (law) writ; warrant

   Synonyms: recurso, auto

3. (chiefly Christianity) commandment

   Synonym: comandamiento (obsolete)

Derived terms

• Diez Mandamientos

Further reading

• “mandamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025