recado

/reˈkado/ · B2 · noun · m

errand

💌🍅 re-CAH-do: a message RE-CAlled and DOne as an errand; also tomato sauce

Recado comes from Latin recapitare, meaning to provide or deliver. A recado is something you deliver: a message or an errand. Sound hook: re-CAH-do, like 're-call and do', which means passing on a message and doing the errand. The sauce sense is a separate regional use, as in Latin American cooking.

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