"to elect" in sette lingue
Significatoto elect
Spagnolo
/eleˈxiɾ/
dotta
Also the everyday 'to choose'.
Francese
/eliʁ/
ereditaria
Only for votes; 'to choose' is choisir.
Italiano
/eˈlɛddʒere/
ereditaria
Conjugated like leggere: eletto 'elected'.
Portoghese
/eleˈʒeh/
dotta
Learned: inherited Portuguese drops a single -l- between vowels (DOLŌREM → dor), and eleger keeps it.
Rumeno
/aˈledʒe/
ereditaria
Alege is also everyday 'to choose'.
Catalano
/ələˈʒi/
dotta
For everyday 'to choose' Catalan says escollir.
Inglese
/ɪˈlɛkt/
dal latino/francese · Latin ēlēctus
L’antenato latino
ĒLIGERE‘to pick out’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
ĒLIGERE is 'to pick out' (LEGERE 'to gather, to read'), so French and Italian conjugate it like their verbs for reading (lire, leggere). Spanish elegir is the learned form and serves for any choice.
Parenti inglesi: election, elite, select, elegant
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- esEligieron a un nuevo presidente.
- frIls ont élu un nouveau président.
- itHanno eletto un nuovo presidente.
- ptElegeram um novo presidente.
- roAu ales un nou președinte.
- caVan elegir un nou president.
- enThey elected a new president.
La famiglia latina
LEG-, LĒCT-· gather, read
LEGERE first meant 'to gather, pick', then 'to pick out letters', to read. Both senses survive: leer, lire, leggere for reading, and COLLIGERE 'gather together' in coger, cueillir, cogliere. The lesson family shows a neat doublet: French leçon is inherited, Spanish lección and Italian lezione are learned. Portuguese ler and Catalan llegir read too; Romanian reads with the Slavic citi, but kept the 'gathering' compounds: culege 'to pick' and alege 'to choose'.
LEGEREto gather; to read
esleerfrlireitleggereptlercallegir
LĒCTIŌNEMa reading
eslecciónfrleçonitlezioneptliçãorolecțiecalliçóenlesson
LĒCTŪRAM (Medieval Latin)a reading
eslecturafrlectureitletturaptleiturarolecturăcalecturaenlecture
LĒCTŌREMreader
eslectorfrlecteuritlettoreptleitorrolectorcalectorenlector
COLLIGEREto gather together
escogerfrcueilliritcogliereptcolherroculegecacollirencull
ĒLIGEREto pick out
eselegirfrélireiteleggereptelegerroalegecaelegirenelect
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