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mandare

send

verb mahn-DAH-reh Less Common

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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