Spanish word

transmitir

Pronunciation

IPA/tɾansmiˈtiɾ/

Meaning

  • verbpass on

Example

Voy a transmitir la información a mi amigo.

I am going to pass on the information to my friend.

Illustration for transmitir (pass on)

More examples

La aplicación puede transmitir archivos rápidamente.

The application can send files quickly.

Core concept

A signal traveling through a medium from sender to receiver.

Common phrases

  • transmitir un mensaje

    send a message

  • transmitir datos

    send data

  • transmitir por correo electrónico

    send by email

Similar words

comunicar: Ideas or facts become understandable to another person.
decir: Spoken words express a thought or feeling to someone.
enviar: An object or data is sent to another person or to a different location.
pasar: Something is moved temporarily into someone else's possession or to another place.

Definition in Spanish

Hacer llegar a otra persona o a un público información, señales o sentimientos; también referirse a la emisión por medios y al contagio de una enfermedad.

Word origin

From Latin trans- 'across' and mittere 'to send', transmitir enters Spanish with the literal sense 'send across' and so covers passing on information, signals, broadcasts, and disease.

Usage tips

  • For telling something to one person Spanish normally uses decir or contar, while transmitir commonly refers to broadcasts, technical transmission, or contagion.

Other meanings

  • sendverb
  • broadcastverb
  • transmitverb

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