Meanings (ES + gloss)
congratular • felicitar • recompensar
To congratulate or reward.
The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.
alabar • cumplimentar • elogiar • encomendar (disused) • loar
To praise or acclaim.
1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xliiij, leaf 242v Thenne Quene Gueneuer commended hym and soo dyd alle other good knyghtes made moche of hym excepte sire Ga…
The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation.
encomendar
To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
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