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"to broadcast" in seven languages

Meaningto broadcast

Spanish

transmitir

/tɾansmiˈtiɾ/

learned

Also emitir for a programme on air.

French

diffuser

/difyze/

other source · French diffus 'spread out' (Latin DIFFŪSUM, learned)

A live match is often retransmis.

Italian

trasmettere

/trazˈmettere/

learned

Conjugated like mettere: trasmesso.

Portuguese

transmitir

/tɾɐ̃zmiˈtʃih/

learned

Romanian

transmite

/transˈmite/

learned

Catalan

transmetre

/tɾənzˈmetɾə/

learned

English

broadcast

/ˈbɹɔdkæst/

native English · English broad + cast

English → Italianto broadcasttrasmettereNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: transmit, transmission, mission.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TRANSMITTERE‘to send across’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

English broadcast was a farmer's word, sowing seed by flinging it broadly, before it was radio's. Spanish and Italian 'send across'; French diffuser 'spreads', the same image as English.

English relatives: transmit, transmission, mission

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In a sentence

  • esEl partido se transmitirá en directo.
  • frLe match sera diffusé en direct.
  • itLa partita sarà trasmessa in diretta.
  • ptA partida vai ser transmitida ao vivo.
  • roMeciul va fi transmis în direct.
  • caEl partit es transmetrà en directe.
  • enThe match will be broadcast live.

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