senado

See also: Senado

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish senado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈnado/, [s̪ɪˈn̪a.d̪ɔ]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: se‧na‧do

Noun

senado (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜇᜓ)

1. senate

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin senātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈna.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈna.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈna.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈna.du/ [sɨˈna.ðu]

• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: se‧na‧do

Noun

senado m (plural senados)

1. senate

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 an 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.

Related terms

• lista al Senado
• senador

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: senado

Further reading

• “senado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish senado, from Latin senātus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /seˈnado/, [sɛˈna.do]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: se‧na‧do

Noun

senado (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜇᜓ)

1. senate

Derived terms

• pansenado

Related terms

• Senado
• senador
• senadora
• senadurya
• senatoryal
• senatoryo

 

Further reading

• “senado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018