enviar

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin inviāre, which is derived from Latin via (“path, road”). Compare Occitan, Spanish, and Portuguese enviar, French envoyer, Italian inviare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əm.biˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɱ.viˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɱ.viˈaɾ]

Verb

enviar (first-person singular present envio, first-person singular preterite envií, past participle enviat)

1. to send

Related terms

• enviat

Further reading

• “enviar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “enviar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “enviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “enviar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese enviar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin inviāre, which is derived from Latin via (“path, road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [em.ˈbjaɾ], [em.ˈbi.aɾ]

Verb

1. to send

   Synonym: mandar

2. to swallow
   • 1885, O tío Marcos da Portela, II, 64, page 5:

     Cómo podería un famento ter forza no alento pra enviar os comestibres que hai nos escaparates, pasando polos vidros sin manchá-los nin rompé-los.

     how could a hungry man have strength in his breath to swallow the groceries in the showcase, passing by the glasses without making them dirty or breaking them

   Synonyms: tragar, trocir

3. to gulp

   Synonyms: engulir, papar

4. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of enviar
5. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of enviar

Related terms

• envío

Further reading

• “enviar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enuiar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “enviar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enviar, from Late Latin inviāre, which is derived from Latin via (“path, road”). Compare Spanish and Catalan enviar, French envoyer, Italian inviare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ẽˈvjaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ẽ(j̃).vi.ˈa(ʁ)/

Verb

1. to send

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:enviar.

Related terms

• enviado
• envio

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin inviāre, which is derived from Latin via (“path, road”). Compare Portuguese enviar, French envoyer, Italian inviare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈbjaɾ/ [ẽmˈbjaɾ]

Verb

1. to send

   Synonym: mandar

Alternative forms

• enbiar (obsolete)

Related terms

• envío
• enviado

Further reading

• “enviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014