« to be afraid » en sept langues
Sensto be afraid
Espagnol
/teˈneɾ ˈmjedo/
autre source · miedo ← Latin METUM 'fear'
Français
/avwaʁ pœʁ/
héréditaire
Italien
/aˈvere paˈura/
héréditaire
Through a spoken-Latin variant *PAVŪRA, hence the feminine.
Portugais
/teh ˈmedu/
autre source · medo ← Latin METUM 'fear'
Roumain
/se ˈteme/
autre source · Latin TIMĒRE 'to fear'
Everyday speech also says mi-e frică 'fear is to me'.
Catalan
/təˈni pɔ/
héréditaire
Catalan por is feminine (la por), and its final r is silent.
Anglais
/bi əˈfɹeɪd/
autre source · afraid: past participle of obsolete affray 'to frighten' (Anglo-French)
L’ancêtre latin
PAVŌREM‘fear, dread’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
All three 'have fear' instead of 'being afraid'. French and Italian keep PAVOR; Spanish took METUS, whose stressed open e became ie (miedo). Spanish pavor survives as a learned word for 'terror'.
Parents anglais: (Spanish miedo) meticulous, from METUS 'fear'
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esTengo miedo a los perros.
- frJ'ai peur des chiens.
- itHo paura dei cani.
- ptTenho medo de cachorro.
- roMă tem de câini.
- caTinc por dels gossos.
- enI'm afraid of dogs.
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