"donkey" in sette lingue
Significatodonkey
Spagnolo
/ˈburo/
m.altra origine · back-formed from borrico, from Late Latin BURRĪCUM 'small horse'
Asno (from ASINUM) also exists.
Francese
/an/
m.ereditaria
Old French asne: the circumflex marks the lost s.
Italiano
/ˈazino/
m.ereditaria
Watch out: Italian burro means butter, not donkey.
Portoghese
/ˈbuhu/
m.altra origine · Latin BURRĪCUM 'small horse, nag'
Also jumento; asno is literary.
Rumeno
/məˈgar/
m.altra origine · of uncertain origin, shared with neighbouring Balkan languages
Catalano
/ˈazə/
m.ereditaria
Inglese
/ˈdɑŋki/
inglese nativa · 18th-century English, origin uncertain
Attenzione: falsi amici
burro (Italiano) significa “butter” · burro (Spagnolo) significa “donkey”
Coincidence. Italian burro (probably via Old French burre) goes back to Latin BŪTȲRUM, from Greek boútyron; Spanish burro is a back-formation from borrico, from Late Latin BURRĪCUS 'small horse'.
L’antenato latino
ASINUM‘donkey’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
False-friend alert: Spanish burro is a donkey, Italian burro is butter. In all three the donkey also stands for a dunce.
Parenti inglesi: ass, asinine
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- esEl burro lleva las bolsas.
- frL'âne porte les sacs.
- itL'asino porta le borse.
- ptO burro carrega os sacos.
- roMăgarul duce sacii.
- caL'ase porta els sacs.
- enThe donkey carries the bags.