«to kill» en set llengües
Significatto kill
Espanyol
/maˈtaɾ/
un altre origen · of disputed origin (Latin *MATTĀRE 'to knock down' and Arabic māt 'dead' have both been proposed)
Francès
/tɥe/
un altre origen · Latin TŪTĀRĪ 'to protect', by way of 'to quench, snuff out (a fire)'
Italià
/utˈtʃidere/
patrimonial
Portuguès
/maˈtah/
un altre origen · of disputed origin (Latin *MATTĀRE 'to knock down' and Arabic māt 'dead' have both been proposed)
Romanès
/omoˈrɨ/
un altre origen · Old Church Slavonic umoriti 'to kill'
Romanian also has ucide, from OCCĪDERE like Italian uccidere — the word of crime reports.
Català
/məˈta/
un altre origen · of disputed origin (Latin *MATTĀRE 'to knock down' and Arabic māt 'dead' have both been proposed)
Anglès
/kɪl/
anglès patrimonial · Middle English cullen, killen, probably from Old English
L’avantpassat llatí
OCCĪDERE‘to strike down, to kill (OB + CAEDERE 'to cut')’
Les sis germanes en descendeixen, tret que s’indiqui el contrari a continuació.
La història
Only Italian kept the Latin verb. French tuer began as 'to protect' a fire by banking it, then 'to put out', then 'to kill'; Spanish matar is a long-standing etymological puzzle.
Parents en anglès: homicide, suicide, decide (from CAEDERE, the root inside OCCĪDERE)
Aprèn-la
En una frase
- esLa helada mató las plantas.
- frLe gel a tué les plantes.
- itIl gelo ha ucciso le piante.
- ptA geada matou as plantas.
- roGerul a omorât plantele.
- caLa gelada va matar les plantes.
- enThe frost killed the plants.
Més a «Verbs bàsics»
- to release, to set freeliberarlibérerliberareliberareliberaalliberar
- to continue, to go oncontinuarcontinuercontinuarecontinuarcontinuacontinuar
- to covercubrircouvrircoprirecobriracopericobrir
- to increaseaumentaraugmenteraumentareaumentarcreșteaugmentar
- to loseperderperdreperdereperderpierdeperdre
- to seemparecersemblersembrareparecerpăreasemblar