mandate — a formal order to do something; an authoritative command
mandato — the Spanish cognate of the same meanings
When learning Spanish, at some time you will learn how to create “mandatos,” commands, from verb infinitives. You will learn how “to order” someone to do something. The verb for “to order” or “to comman…
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