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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "koh" (as in "coat") + "mehn" (as in "met") + "DAHR" (as in "dart") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

To entrust yourself to God or the saints before doing something dangerous. In Mexico and Central America, before a difficult journey or surgery, you 'encomiendate', asking for divine protection.

Examples

I said a prayer before boarding the plane, whatever God wills.

Say a prayer before driving on that road at night.

Regional synonyms

To post a story on Instagram or WhatsApp, the 24-hour snapshot that disappears before anyone overthinks it. Storear is the Spanglish verb adopted across Spain and Latin America because "subir una historia" was too many syllables for something people do ten times a day.