ordenar

Meaning

  1. to sort; to order (set in (any) order)
  2. to order (issue a command)
  3. to ordain (admit into the ministry of the Christian church)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
or‧de‧nar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/oʁ.deˈna(ʁ)/
Etymology

Probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin ōrdināre (“to arrange”), from ōrdō (“order, arrangement”), from Proto-Italic *ored(h)- (“to arrange”), of unknown origin. Doublet of ordenhar.

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