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"Mandado" is a form of "mandado", a noun which is often translated as "errand". "Diligencia" is a form of "diligencia", a noun which is often translated as "diligence". Learn more about the difference between "mandado" and "diligencia" below.
el mandado(
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)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
2. (act of buying) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. shopping
¿Por qué tengo que ir siempre yo a hacer los mandados?Why is it always me who has to do the shopping?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
5. (colloquial) (person who takes advantage) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. opportunist
Yo te digo a ti que ese es muy mandado.Listen to me when I say that he's a real opportunist.
la diligencia(
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)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
a. diligence
Ejecutó todas las responsabilidades de su trabajo con gran diligencia.She carried out all the responsibilities of her job with great diligence.
2. (haste)
a. speed
Volvió de la farmacia con diligencia para que su esposa no tuviera que sufrir ni un momento más.He returned from the pharmacy with speed so that his wife wouldn't have to suffer a moment more.
3. (task)
4. (transport)
a. stagecoach
La marquesa vio que venían los ladrones por la ventanilla de su diligencia.The marchioness saw that the thieves were coming from the window of her stagecoach.
las diligencias
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
5. (legal)
a. formalities (plural)
Vamos al ayuntamiento para hacer todas las diligencias judiciales para casarnos.We're going to the town hall to go through all the legal formalities for us to get married.
b. proceedings (plural)
El acusado dijo muy poco durante las diligencias judiciales.The defendant said very little during the judicial proceedings.
