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"Send" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "enviar", and "send out" is a transitive verb phrase which is often translated as "mandar". Learn more about the difference between "send" and "send out" below.
send(
sehnd
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
send out(
sehnd
aut
)A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
a. mandar
Ines sent out an email inviting everyone to her party, but no one wrote her back.Inés mandó un correo electrónico invitando a todos a su fiesta, pero nadie le respondió.
b. enviar
We'll be sending out our spring catalog next week.Enviaremos nuestro catálogo de primavera la semana que viene.
2. (to emit)
b. despedir (substance)
The truck's exhaust pipe sent out a cloud of black smoke.El tubo de escape del camión despidió una nube de humo negro.
a. mandar
Rita sent one of the secretaries out for coffee for everyone at the meeting.Rita mandó a uno de los secretarios por café para todos en la junta.
a. echar
Mrs. Brown sent me out into the hall for throwing spitballs.La Sra. Brown me echó al corredor por haber lanzado bolas de papel.
