senda

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsen.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsen.da]

senda f (plural sendes)

1. footpath
2. (Valencia) droveway

• sender m
• sendera f
• viarany m

• “senda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

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

1. to send

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnta/

  Rhymes: -ɛnta

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

1. to send

• sende

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

• IPA^(key): /²sɛndɑ/
• IPA^(key): /sɛɲː/ (dialects with palatalization and apocope)

senda (imperative send, present tense sender, simple past sende, past participle sendt, present participle sendande)

1. to send (make something go somewhere)

   Eg sender eit brev.

   I am sending a letter.

2. to transmit

   Radiostasjonen sender på denne frekvensen.

   The radio station transmits on this frequency.

• “senda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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).

senda

1. to send

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

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

• sémita (Portugal)

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

• Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
• Hyphenation: sen‧da

senda f (plural sendas)

1. footpath
2. (figuratively) habit, routine

• “senda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (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

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

senda f (plural sendas)

1. path, footpath

• battasenda (“scout”)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsenda/ [ˈsẽn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -enda
• Syllabification: sen‧da

senda f (plural sendas)

1. footpath

   Synonym: sendero

• “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], 10 December 2024