Usage Note
Mandare is the all-purpose 'to send' and feeds many idioms: mandare avanti ('to keep going/run'), mandare giù ('to swallow/put up with'), and the blunt mandare a quel paese ('to tell someone to get lost').
Examples
"Devo mandare una lettera."
Natural Translation
I have to send a letter.
Literal Translation
I-must send a letter.
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