permitir
/peɾmiˈtiɾ/ · A1 · verb
to allow, permit
🎫 permitir = per (through) + mitir (send): to let something go through
From Latin permittere, per (through) + mittere (to send). Same root as English permit, and the same -mitir as admitir, emitir, transmitir. To allow something is to send it through instead of stopping it.