«to kill» en siete lenguas
Significadoto kill
Español
/maˈtaɾ/
otro origen · of disputed origin (Latin *MATTĀRE 'to knock down' and Arabic māt 'dead' have both been proposed)
Francés
/tɥe/
otro origen · Latin TŪTĀRĪ 'to protect', by way of 'to quench, snuff out (a fire)'
Italiano
/utˈtʃidere/
patrimonial
Portugués
/maˈtah/
otro origen · of disputed origin (Latin *MATTĀRE 'to knock down' and Arabic māt 'dead' have both been proposed)
Rumano
/omoˈrɨ/
otro origen · Old Church Slavonic umoriti 'to kill'
Romanian also has ucide, from OCCĪDERE like Italian uccidere — the word of crime reports.
Catalán
/məˈta/
otro origen · of disputed origin (Latin *MATTĀRE 'to knock down' and Arabic māt 'dead' have both been proposed)
Inglés
/kɪl/
inglés patrimonial · Middle English cullen, killen, probably from Old English
El antepasado latino
OCCĪDERE‘to strike down, to kill (OB + CAEDERE 'to cut')’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
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.
Parientes en inglés: homicide, suicide, decide (from CAEDERE, the root inside OCCĪDERE)
Apréndela
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.
Más en «Verbos básicos»
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- to continue, to go oncontinuarcontinuercontinuarecontinuarcontinuacontinuar
- to covercubrircouvrircoprirecobriracopericobrir
- to increaseaumentaraugmenteraumentareaumentarcreșteaugmentar
- to loseperderperdreperdereperderpierdeperdre
- to seemparecersemblersembrareparecerpăreasemblar