mandar embora

send away; dismiss; fire

→ mandar
phrase Uncommon #16,673
send away; dismiss; fire This phrase is often used when telling someone to leave, or when dismissing or firing an employee. The exact meaning depends on context.
PO: O professor mandou embora o aluno por estar a fazer barulho.
EN: The teacher sent the student away for being noisy.

Não pode me mandar embora.

You can't fire me.

— A Queda! As Últimas Horas de Hitler (2004)

A fumaça é para nos mandar embora?

Is the smoke trying to send us away?

— Sociedade dos Poetas Mortos (1989)

A senhora vai me mandar embora?

Are you going to fire me?

— Roma (2018)

Mandar embora?

Send them away?

— Roma (2018)

Não posso mandar embora.

I can't send them away.

— Marty Supreme (2025)