"clothes" in sette lingue
Significatoclothes
Spagnolo
/ˈropa/
f.altra origine · Gothic *raupa 'spoils, plunder'
A collective singular: la ropa.
Francese
/vɛtmɑ̃/
m.ereditaria
Usually plural: les vêtements.
Italiano
/vesˈtiti/
m.ereditaria
Plural of vestito, from vestire 'to dress'.
Portoghese
/ˈhowpɐ/
f.altra origine · Germanic *raupa 'spoils, plunder'
A collective singular, like Spanish ropa.
Rumeno
/ˈhajne/
f.altra origine · of uncertain origin
Plural of haină 'garment'.
Catalano
/ˈrɔbə/
f.altra origine · Germanic *rauba 'spoils, booty'
Inglese
/kloʊðz/
inglese nativa · Old English clāþas
Attenzione: falsi amici
robe (Francese) significa “dress” · ropa (Spagnolo) significa “clothes”
Both from Germanic *rauba 'booty, spoils' — clothes being what was stripped from the defeated (Spanish robar 'to steal' is the same root). Spanish generalized it; French narrowed it to one garment.
roba (Italiano) significa “stuff, things” · ropa (Spagnolo) significa “clothes”
Same Germanic *rauba 'spoils'. Italian roba kept the general 'goods, stuff' (roba da mangiare 'things to eat'); Spanish narrowed it to clothing.
L’antenato latino
VESTĪMENTUM‘clothing (from VESTĪRE 'to clothe')’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Spanish dresses in Germanic 'loot' — clothes stripped from the defeated — the same root as French robe and English rob. French vêtement hides the s of VESTĪMENTUM under its circumflex.
Parenti inglesi: vest, vestment, travesty; rob, robe (the Germanic cognates of ropa)
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Imparala
In una frase
- esTengo que lavar la ropa.
- frJe dois laver mes vêtements.
- itDevo lavare i vestiti.
- ptPreciso lavar a roupa.
- roTrebuie să-mi spăl hainele.
- caHe de rentar la roba.
- enI need to wash my clothes.