Catalán para quien habla italiano
Ya sabes más catalán de lo que crees. De las 2264 palabras cotidianas de Cognata, 1699 tienen un cognado en italiano: la misma palabra, remodelada por siglos de habla. Empieza por ellas, aprende los cambios regulares que unen las dos lenguas y no pierdas de vista los falsos amigos.
Fija tu combinación en italiano → catalán y abre los cognados.
- comparten origen
- 75 %
- heredadas en ambas
- 29 %
- para aprender de cero
- 25 %
2264 palabras comparadas
Palabras que ya conoces
Palabras cotidianas cuyas formas en italiano y en catalán vienen del mismo origen.
Las leyes fonéticas entre ellas
Cambios regulares que convierten una palabra en italiano en su cognado en catalán: aprende uno y rinde en cientos de palabras.
- Stressed short E breaks into ieie (open syllable); e (closed)e [ɛ] (no diphthong); i next to a palatal (llit)PETRAMpietrapedra
- Stressed short O breaks into ue / uo / euuo (open syllable); o (closed)o [ɔ] (no diphthong)NOVUMnuovonou
- French stressed free A becomes ea (kept)a (kept)MAREmaremar
- French fronts long U to [y]u [u] (kept)u [u] (kept)LŪNAMlunalluna
- AU becomes oooAURUMoroor
- French vowel + nasal becomes a nasal vowelvowel + n keptoral vowel; final n after the stress lost (pa, vi)PĀNEMpanepa
- Spanish initial F- becomes h- (silent)f- keptf- keptFĪLIUM (fr. from nom. FĪLIUS)figliofill
- Voiceless stops between vowels softenmostly kept (p t c)b (v) d g; p t c again at the end of a word (amic, agut)VĪTAMvitavida
- C before E and Itʃ (c)s (c, ç); between vowels lost, or u at the end (veí, deu)CAELUMcielocel
- French CA becomes chaca keptca keptCABALLUMcavallocavall
- Initial I- (J-) and G before E, Igi, g [dʒ]j, g [ʒ]IOCUMgiocojoc
- B and V merge in Spanishv kept; B between vowels → vmerged as in Spanish (Central Catalan); v kept in Balearic and parts of ValenciaVĪNUMvinovi
- Germanic W- becomes gu- / g-gu- [gw]gu- ([gw] before a, o; [g] before e, i)Germanic *WERRAguerraguerra
- L before a consonant becomes ul kept (altro, caldo)l kept (altre, falç)ALTERUMaltroaltre
- CTttit, t (the i absorbed by the vowel: nit, fet)NOCTEMnottenit
- L + yodgli [ʎʎ]ll [ʎ]FOLIAMfogliafulla
- C'L inside a wordcchi [kkj]ll [ʎ]OCULUMocchioull
- CL-, PL-, FL- at the start of a wordchi- pi- fi-cl- pl- fl- (kept)CLĀVEMchiaveclau
- NN, GN and N + yodnn kept; GN, NI → gn [ɲɲ]ny [ɲ], also from NN (any)ANNUMannoany
- S + consonant at the start of a words- (kept; takes lo, gli)es-STELLAMstellaestrella
- French loses S before a consonant (^)s kepts keptFESTAMfestafesta
- Italian assimilates clustersassimilated: tt, ss, ss, nnsimplified: pt → t, mn → n; x → ix [ʃ]SEPTEMsetteset
- Final vowels-o, -a, -e keptdropped except -a (said [ə]); -e kept after clustersLUPUMlupollop
- Plurals: -s or -i-i, -e (from the nominative)-s, -es (from the accusative)LUPŌS (acc.) / LUPĪ (nom.)lupillops
- -TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tà-tà-tatCĪVITĀTEMcittàciutat
- -TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón-zione (learned); inherited -zzone or -gione-ció (learned); inherited -ó (raó, tió)RATIŌNEMragioneraó
- -ĀRIUM: -ero, -ier, -aio-aio, -aia (Tuscan); also -aro, -iere-er, -eraCABALLĀRIUMcavalierecavaller
- Adverbs in -mente / -ment-mente-mentCLĀRĀ MENTEchiaramenteclarament
- Single L between vowels: lost in Portuguese, r in Romanianl keptl keptFĪLUMfilofil
- Portuguese loses single N between vowelsn keptn kept; lost where it became final (mà; see final-n)LĀNAMlanallana
- Romanian turns velars into labialstt, ss, gn; qu, gu (assimilated or kept)it/t, ix [ʃ], ny; qu, guOCTŌottovuit
- Romanian T, D, S before i become ț, z, șt, d, s keptt, d, s keptDĪCEREdiredir
- Catalan drops -n at the end of a wordn kept, final vowel kept (pane, vino)lost (pa, vi); back in the plural (pans, vins)PĀNEMpanepa
Falsos amigos a vigilar
mare (Catalán) significa «mother» · mare (Italiano) significa «sea»
Coincidence. Catalan mare is MĀTREM worn down (as pare is PATREM); Italian mare is Latin MARE 'sea'. Romanian mare is 'sea' too — and also 'big'.
Palabras para aprender de cero
Palabras comunes en las que el catalán siguió su propio camino.