"silly" in sette lingue
Significatosilly
Spagnolo
/ˈtonto/
altra origine · an expressive coinage of Spanish (Corominas)
Francese
/bɛt/
altra origine · Latin BESTIAM 'beast'
Italiano
/ˈʃɔkko/
altra origine · probably Latin EXSŪCUM 'sapless, juiceless'
Portoghese
/ˈbobu/
altra origine · probably Latin BALBUM 'stammering'
Rumeno
/prost/
altra origine · Old Church Slavonic prostŭ 'simple'
Fairly blunt; the diminutive prostuț is gentler.
Catalano
/ˈʃimplə/
altra origine · Latin SIMPLEX 'simple', with an expressive x-
Inglese
/ˈsɪli/
inglese nativa · Old English sǣlig 'blessed, happy'
It drifted from 'blessed' to 'innocent' to 'foolish'.
La storia
Four unrelated words. French calls a silly person a beast (bête, with the circumflex of a lost s); Italian sciocco is probably 'without juice', and still means 'bland' of food in Tuscany.
Imparala
In una frase
- es¡No seas tonto!
- frNe sois pas bête !
- itNon fare lo sciocco!
- ptNão seja bobo!
- roNu fi prost!
- caNo siguis ximple!
- enDon't be silly!