# senda
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsen.də]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsen.da]

### Noun

senda f (plural sendes)
* footpath
* (Valencia) droveway

#### Synonyms

* sender m
* sendera f
* viarany m

### Further reading

* “senda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną.

### Verb

senda (third person singular past indicative sendi, third person plural past indicative sent, supine sent)
* to send

#### Conjugation
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛnta/
    Rhymes: -ɛnta

### Verb

senda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sendi, supine sent)
* to send

#### Conjugation
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* sende

### Etymology

From Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną. Akin to English send.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²sɛndɑ/
* IPA: /sɛɲː/ (dialects with palatalization and apocope)

### Verb

senda (imperative send, present tense sender, simple past sende, past participle sendt, present participle sendande)
* to send (make something go somewhere)
    Eg sender eit brev.I am sending a letter.
* to transmit
    Radiostasjonen sender på denne frekvensen.The radio station transmits on this frequency.

### References

* “senda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, causative form of Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”) (so literally "to make someone go"). Compare Old Saxon sendian, Old Frisian senda, Old English sendan, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sandjan).

### Verb

senda
* to send

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: senda
* Faroese: senda
* Norwegian Nynorsk: senda
* Old Swedish: sænda
** Swedish: sända
* Old Danish: sændæ
** Danish: sende
*** Norwegian Bokmål: sende
* Gutnish: sände
* Scanian: sænða

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “senda”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* sémita (Portugal)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese senda, from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsẽ.dɐ/
* Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
* Hyphenation: sen‧da

### Noun

senda f (plural sendas)
* footpath
* (figuratively) habit, routine

### Further reading

* “senda”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “senda”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “senda” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “senda”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “senda”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “senda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romansch
### Etymology

From Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

### Noun

senda f (plural sendas)
* path, footpath

#### Derived terms

* battasenda (“scout”)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsenda/ [ˈsẽn̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -enda
* Syllabification: sen‧da

### Noun

senda f (plural sendas)
* footpath
    Synonym: sendero

#### Related terms

* sendero

### Further reading

* “senda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10