Example sentences for: manda

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

  • A manda may be completed after the request is fulfilled in thanksgiving, or it may be fulfilled before the petition is answered, with the assumption that it will be answered.

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

  • Although the fulfillment of the manda in itself may not be difficult, its completion often involves some sacrifice, and this aspect is also considered part of the manda.

  • If a woman makes a manda asking for a cure to her child’s illness and the child is cured but she does not complete the manda, the child may become ill again.

  • 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.


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