Example sentences for: manda

How can you use “manda” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In many families the shrine is erected as the result of a promesa or manda (promise or vow) made to a particular saint, or in memory of a family member who has died.

  • In folk religious practices a manda is interpreted as a promise or contract made with a saint, the Virgin Mary, or God.

  • Lighting daily candles could be a financial strain, and a pilgrimage may take several years to complete, yet neither is ever forgotten, and a manda is taken more seriously than a legal written contract.

  • There may be fear of retribution from a saint if the manda is not fulfilled, and sometimes individuals actually suffer this retribution.

  • The woman will believe the second illness was caused because she did not complete her manda.


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