"to kill" in sette lingue
Significatoto kill
Spagnolo
/maˈtaɾ/
altra origine · of disputed origin (Latin *MATTĀRE 'to knock down' and Arabic māt 'dead' have both been proposed)
Francese
/tɥe/
altra origine · Latin TŪTĀRĪ 'to protect', by way of 'to quench, snuff out (a fire)'
Italiano
/utˈtʃidere/
ereditaria
Portoghese
/maˈtah/
altra origine · of disputed origin (Latin *MATTĀRE 'to knock down' and Arabic māt 'dead' have both been proposed)
Rumeno
/omoˈrɨ/
altra origine · Old Church Slavonic umoriti 'to kill'
Romanian also has ucide, from OCCĪDERE like Italian uccidere — the word of crime reports.
Catalano
/məˈta/
altra origine · of disputed origin (Latin *MATTĀRE 'to knock down' and Arabic māt 'dead' have both been proposed)
Inglese
/kɪl/
inglese nativa · Middle English cullen, killen, probably from Old English
L’antenato latino
OCCĪDERE‘to strike down, to kill (OB + CAEDERE 'to cut')’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Only Italian kept the Latin verb. French tuer began as 'to protect' a fire by banking it, then 'to put out', then 'to kill'; Spanish matar is a long-standing etymological puzzle.
Parenti inglesi: homicide, suicide, decide (from CAEDERE, the root inside OCCĪDERE)
Imparala
In una frase
- esLa helada mató las plantas.
- frLe gel a tué les plantes.
- itIl gelo ha ucciso le piante.
- ptA geada matou as plantas.
- roGerul a omorât plantele.
- caLa gelada va matar les plantes.
- enThe frost killed the plants.
Altro in "Verbi fondamentali"
- to release, to set freeliberarlibérerliberareliberareliberaalliberar
- to continue, to go oncontinuarcontinuercontinuarecontinuarcontinuacontinuar
- to covercubrircouvrircoprirecobriracopericobrir
- to increaseaumentaraugmenteraumentareaumentarcreșteaugmentar
- to loseperderperdreperdereperderpierdeperdre
- to seemparecersemblersembrareparecerpăreasemblar