ordenar

From Latin ōrdināre.

ordenar (first-person singular indicative present ordeno, past participle ordenáu)

1. to order (put in order)
2. to order, command

• “ordenar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “ordenar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Catalan ordenar (also found as ordonar), from Latin ōrdināre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ur.dəˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [or.dəˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oɾ.ðeˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

ordenar (first-person singular present ordeno, first-person singular preterite ordení, past participle ordenat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to order (put in order)
2. to order (give a command)

   Synonym: manar

3. to arrange, sort, tidy

   Synonym: endreçar

4. (religion) to ordain

   Ell va ser ordenat bisbe d'Urgell.

   He was ordained Bishop of Urgell.

• ordenament
• reordenar

• ordenació
• ordre

• “ordenar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ordenar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ordenar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ordenar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

ordenar m pl

1. indefinite plural of orden

From Latin ōrdināre.

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ordenar

1. to order

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.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɦ.dẽ.ˈna(h)/

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• Hyphenation: or‧de‧nar

ordenar (first-person singular present ordeno, first-person singular preterite ordenei, past participle ordenado)

1. to sort; to order (set in (any) order)

   Synonyms: dispor, pôr em ordem

   Antonyms: bagunçar, desarrumar, desordenar

2. to order (issue a command)

   Synonyms: comandar, exigir, instruir, mandar

3. (Christianity) to ordain (admit into the ministry of the Christian church)

• reordenar

• “ordenar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ordenar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Semi-learned term derived from Latin ōrdināre. Doublet of the inherited ordeñar (“to milk”), with a specialized sense.

• IPA^(key): /oɾdeˈnaɾ/ [oɾ.ð̞eˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: or‧de‧nar

ordenar (first-person singular present ordeno, first-person singular preterite ordené, past participle ordenado)

1. to order, arrange
2. to order, command

   Synonym: mandar

3. (Latin America) to order (request a product or service)

   Synonym: pedir

   Están listos para ordenar?

   Are you ready to order?

4. to sort
5. to sort through, to sort out, to collect
6. to tidy up

   Synonym: recoger

7. (religion) to ordain
8. to enjoin

   Synonym: imponer

• “ordenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025