Also means
arrange
Usage Note
Ordinare covers ordering food at a restaurant, commanding someone to do something, and tidying or arranging things. When it means 'to ordain' a priest, it takes essere in compound tenses for the priest.
Examples
"Vorrei ordinare una pizza."
Natural Translation
I would like to order a pizza.
Literal Translation
I-would-like to-order a pizza.

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