senado

See also: Senado

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish senado.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧do

Noun

senado

  1. senate

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]

  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧do

Noun

senado m (plural senados)

  1. senate

References

  1. senado” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. senado” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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)

  1. (politics) senate
  2. 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 a assemby 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.

Descendants

  • Cebuano: senado

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish senado.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧do
  • IPA(key): /seˈnado/, [seˈna.do]

Noun

senado (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜇᜓ)

  1. senate

Derived terms

  • pansenado
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