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Italian word

mandare

to send, to run (an organisation), to make someone do something

Looks like

to mandate / to command

to give an official order

⚠️ The trap

'Mandare' = to send. 'Mandare via' = to send away, to dismiss, to fire (informal). 'Mandare a chiamare' = to send for someone. 'Mandare avanti' = to run/manage (a business). Much richer than its look-alike 'mandate'.

To say "to give an official order" in Italian:

mandare is the everyday word for to send

"mandare" in English means:

to send, to run (an organisation), to make someone do something

Example

"L'hanno mandata via."

"They sent her away / fired her."

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