# enviar
## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

enviar (first-person singular present envio, first-person singular preterite envií, past participle enviat)
* (transitive) to send
    Synonym: trametre
* (transitive, pronominal) to swallow
    Synonym: empassar-se

#### Derived terms

* enviament
* 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, 2025
* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [em.ˈbjaɾ], [em.ˈbi.aɾ]

### Verb

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)
* to send
    Synonym: mandar
* 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
* to gulp
    Synonyms: engulir, papar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* envío

### References

* 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

### Further reading

* “enviar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.viˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.vɪˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈvja(ʁ)/ [ẽˈvja(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.viˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vɪˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈvja(ʁ)/ [ĩˈvja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.viˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.vɪˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈvja(ʁ)/ [ẽˈvja(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.viˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vɪˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈvja(ʁ)/ [ĩˈvja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.viˈa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈvja(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.viˈa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈvja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.viˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.vɪˈa(χ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈvja(ʁ)/ [ẽˈvja(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.viˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vɪˈa(χ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈvja(ʁ)/ [ĩˈvja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.viˈa(ɻ)/ [ẽ.vɪˈa(ɻ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈvja(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.viˈa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.vɪˈa(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈvja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈvjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈvjaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈbjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈvja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: en‧vi‧ar

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:enviar.

#### Related terms

* enviado
* envio

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /emˈbjaɾ/ [ẽmˈbjaɾ], /embiˈaɾ/ [ẽm.biˈaɾ]
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: en‧viar, en‧vi‧ar

### Verb

enviar (first-person singular present envío, first-person singular preterite envié, past participle enviado)
* to send
    Synonym: mandar
    Me gustaría enviarles flores.I would like to send them flowers.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Alternative forms

* enbiar (obsolete)

#### Related terms

* enviado
* envío

### Further reading

* “enviar”, 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