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.
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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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