«perfect» en siete lenguas
Significadoperfect
Español
/peɾˈfekto/
cultismo
Francés
/paʁfɛ/
patrimonial
Italiano
/perˈfɛtto/
patrimonial
Portugués
/pehˈfejtu/
patrimonial
Latin -CT- became -it- in Portuguese: PERFECTUM → perfeito, NOCTEM → noite.
Rumano
/perˈfekt/
cultismo
Catalán
/pəɾˈfɛktə/
cultismo
Inglés
/ˈpɝfɪkt/
del latín/francés · Old French parfit, respelled after Latin perfectus
El antepasado latino
PERFECTUM‘finished, complete (participle of PERFICERE)’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
CT shows the split: French parfait has the it of fait, Italian perfetto the tt of fatto, but Spanish perfecto keeps the Latin cluster because it is the learned form. English respelled Middle English parfit to look Latin.
Parientes en inglés: perfection, perfectly
Leyes fonéticas en acción
Apréndela
En una frase
- esNadie es perfecto.
- frPersonne n'est parfait.
- itNessuno è perfetto.
- ptNinguém é perfeito.
- roNimeni nu e perfect.
- caNingú no és perfecte.
- enNobody is perfect.
La familia latina
FAC-, FACT-· do, make
FACERE is the busiest verb in Latin, and its participle FACTUM split cleanly in two: worn down in speech to hecho, fait, fatto, and borrowed back intact by scholars as fact, factual, faction. Spanish adds a twist of its own, turning Latin F- into a silent h- (Old Spanish fazer, fecho). Portuguese feito and Catalan fet vocalize the cluster as French does, while Romanian, true to the Eastern branch, turns -CT- into -pt-: fapt.
FACEREto do, make
eshacerfrfaireitfareptfazerrofacecafer
FACTUMdone; a deed
eshechofrfaititfattoptfeitorofaptcafetenfact
PERFECTUMcompleted, perfect
esperfectofrparfaititperfettoptperfeitoroperfectcaperfecteenperfect
FACTIŌNEMa making; a party, faction
frfaçonptfeiçãoenfashion
FACTIŌNEMa party, faction (learned)
esfacciónfrfactionitfazioneptfacçãorofacțiunecafaccióenfaction
FACTŪRAMa making, workmanship
esfacturafrfactureitfatturaptfaturarofacturăcafactura