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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

enviado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ẽ.viˈa.du/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Envoy/ˈɛn.vɔɪ/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O enviado diplomático apresentou a proposta."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A diplomatic agent accredited to a foreign government as a representative of their sovereign or state.

    "The president dispatched a special envoy to negotiate peace terms."
  2. 2

    A messenger or representative sent on a specific errand or mission.

    "She acted as an envoy of goodwill between the corporate board and the striking unions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French noun 'envvoi' (sending, message), from the verb 'enoyer' (to send), based on Latin 'inviare' (to send on the way, from in- 'in' + via 'way'). It entered the English language in the late 15th century initially meaning a short concluding stanza of a poem, later broadening to designate a diplomatic messenger or representative.

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