«legal» en siete lenguas
Significadolegal
Español
/leˈɡal/
cultismo
In Spain, colloquially also 'decent, trustworthy': es un tío legal.
Francés
/leɡal/
cultismo
Italiano
/leˈɡale/
cultismo
Also a noun: un legale is a lawyer.
Portugués
/leˈɡaw/
cultismo
Trap: in Brazil legal is also everyday slang for 'cool, nice', so 'não é legal' reads as 'it's not nice'.
Rumano
/leˈɡal/
cultismo
Catalán
/ləˈɡal/
cultismo
Inglés
/ˈliɡəl/
del latín/francés · French légal, Latin LĒGĀLIS
El antepasado latino
LĒGĀLEM‘of the law (LĒX, LĒGIS 'law')’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
The inherited form of the same word lost its g: Spanish leal and French loyal mean 'faithful' — and English borrowed both legal and loyal.
Parientes en inglés: legal, legitimate, legislate, loyal (via French)
Apréndela
En una frase
- esNo es legal aparcar aquí.
- frCe n'est pas légal de se garer ici.
- itNon è legale parcheggiare qui.
- ptEstacionar aqui é ilegal.
- roNu e legal să parchezi aici.
- caNo és legal aparcar aquí.
- enIt is not legal to park here.
La familia latina
LĒX, LĒG-· law
LĒGĀLEM 'of the law' is a textbook doublet: in speech it lost its g and drifted from 'lawful' to 'faithful' (leal, loyal); in writing it stayed legal. English borrowed both from French, centuries apart, and so has loyal and legal side by side. Portuguese leal and Catalan lleial took the popular road too; Romanian, which inherited lege 'law', borrowed loial and legal from French.
LĒGEMlaw
esleyfrloiitleggeptleirolegecallei
LĒGĀLEMlawful → faithful
eslealfrloyalitlealeptlealroloialcalleialenloyal
LĒGĀLEMlegal (learned)
eslegalfrlégalitlegaleptlegalrolegalcalegalenlegal
LĒGITIMUMlawful, legitimate
eslegítimofrlégitimeitlegittimoptlegítimorolegitimcalegítimenlegitimate
PRĪVILĒGIUMa law for one person
esprivilegiofrprivilègeitprivilegioptprivilégioroprivilegiucaprivilegienprivilege