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"to send" in seven languages

Meaningto send

Spanish

enviar

/enˈbjaɾ/

inherited

Mandar is just as common in everyday Spanish.

French

envoyer

/ɑ̃vwaje/

inherited

Italian

mandare

/manˈdare/

other source · Latin MANDĀRE 'to entrust, commission'

Inviare (from INVIĀRE) is used too, especially for letters and emails.

Portuguese

mandar

/mɐ̃ˈdah/

other source · Latin MANDĀRE 'to entrust, commission'

Enviar exists too, but Brazilians mostly say mandar.

Romanian

trimite

/triˈmite/

other source · Latin TRANSMITTERE 'to send across'

Catalan

enviar

/əmbiˈa/

inherited

English

send

/sɛnd/

native English · Old English sendan

English → Italianto sendmandareNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: via, voyage, envoy, convoy (VIA); mandate, command (MANDĀRE).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

INVIĀRE (Late Latin)‘to put on the road (from VIA)’

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

The story

Spanish and French send things 'on the way' (VIA). Italian mandare 'entrusts' them instead, using the verb behind English mandate and command.

English relatives: via, voyage, envoy, convoy (VIA); mandate, command (MANDĀRE)

Sound laws at work

B and V merge in Spanish

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In a sentence

  • esTe envío las fotos mañana.
  • frJe t'envoie les photos demain.
  • itTi mando le foto domani.
  • ptAmanhã eu te mando as fotos.
  • roÎți trimit pozele mâine.
  • caT'envio les fotos demà.
  • enI'll send you the photos tomorrow.

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