senado
See also: Senado
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈnado/ [s̪eˈn̪a.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Hyphenation: se‧na‧do
Noun
senado (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜇᜓ)
Portuguese
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin senātus.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈna.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈna.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈna.du/ [sɨˈna.ðu]
- Rhymes: -adu
- Hyphenation: se‧na‧do
Noun
senado m (plural senados)
References
- ^ “senado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “senado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin senātus, from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈnado/ [seˈna.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: se‧na‧do
- Homophone: (Latin America) cenado
Noun
senado m (plural senados)
- (politics) senate
- assembly; gathering
- 1882, Benito Pérez Galdós, El amigo Manso:
- Considera que hablarás delante de un senado de señoras, que estas y los pollos y todas las demás personas insustanciales que a tales fiestas asisten, estarán deseando que acabes pronto para oír tocar el violín o recitar una poesía.
- Consider that you will be speaking in front of an assembly of ladies, that these and the chickens and all the other insubstantial people who attend such parties will be hoping that you finish soon to hear the violin played or a poetry recited.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: senado
Further reading
- “senado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish senado, from Latin senātus.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /seˈnado/ [sɛˈn̪aː.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: se‧na‧do
Noun
senado (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜇᜓ)
- senate
- Synonyms: mataas na kapulungan, kamara alta
Derived terms
- pansenado
Related terms
Further reading
- “senado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018