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Senseve (the day before)
Espagnol
/ˈbispeɾa/
fém.autre source · Latin VESPERAM 'evening'
Christmas Eve is Nochebuena; New Year's Eve, Nochevieja.
Français
/vɛj/
fém.héréditaire
La veille de Noël; the Christmas Eve dinner is le réveillon.
Italien
/viˈdʒilja/
fém.savant
The inherited form is veglia, a vigil or a night awake.
Portugais
/ˈvɛspeɾɐ/
fém.autre source · Latin VESPERAM 'evening'
Roumain
/aˈʒun/
neutreautre source · Latin IEIŪNIUM 'fasting' (the fast before a feast)
Ajunul Crăciunului is Christmas Eve.
Catalan
/biˈʒiliə/
fém.savant
Anglais
/iv/
anglais natif · Old English ǣfen 'evening'
L’ancêtre latin
VIGILIAM‘a night watch, staying awake’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French and Italian name the eve after the night watch kept before a feast (VIGILIA); Spanish names it after the evening, VESPERA, like English vespers. English eve is just a short form of even(ing).
Parents anglais: vigil, vigilant; vespers (es)
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esLa víspera del examen no pude dormir.
- frLa veille de l'examen, je n'ai pas pu dormir.
- itLa vigilia dell'esame non sono riuscito a dormire.
- ptNa véspera da prova não consegui dormir.
- roÎn ajunul examenului n-am putut dormi.
- caLa vigília de l'examen no vaig poder dormir.
- enOn the eve of the exam I couldn't sleep.