enviar

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

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

1. (transitive) to send

   Synonym: trametre

2. (transitive, pronominal) to swallow

   Synonym: empassar-se

• enviament
• enviat

• “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.

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

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enviar (first-person singular present envío, first-person singular preterite enviei, past participle enviado)
enviar (first-person singular present envio, first-person singular preterite enviei, past participle enviado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to send

   Synonym: mandar

2. to swallow

   Synonyms: tragar, trocir

   • 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

3. to gulp

   Synonyms: engulir, papar

• envío

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enviar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enuiar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enviar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enviar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enviar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “enviar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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

• Hyphenation: en‧vi‧ar

enviar (first-person singular present envio, first-person singular preterite enviei, past participle enviado)

1. to send

For quotations using this term, see Citations:enviar.

• enviado
• envio

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

• IPA^(key): /emˈbjaɾ/ , /embiˈaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧viar, en‧vi‧ar

enviar (first-person singular present envío, first-person singular preterite envié, past participle enviado)

1. to send

   Synonym: mandar

   Me gustaría enviarles flores.

   I would like to send them flowers.

• enbiar (obsolete)

• “enviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16