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ordinare

order

verb or-dee-NAH-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'ordinare'

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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