"to understand" in sette lingue
Significatoto understand
Spagnolo
/entenˈdeɾ/
altra origine · Latin INTENDERE 'to direct one's mind toward'
Comprender is also everyday Spanish.
Francese
/kɔ̃pʁɑ̃dʁ/
ereditaria
Italiano
/kaˈpire/
altra origine · Latin CAPERE 'to take, seize; to hold', moved to the -ire class
Comprendere also exists but is more formal.
Portoghese
/ẽtẽˈdeh/
altra origine · Latin INTENDERE 'to direct one's mind toward'
Compreender, the COMPREHENDERE word, is also common.
Rumeno
/ɨntseˈledʒe/
altra origine · Latin INTELLEGERE 'to understand'
Catalano
/ənˈtɛndɾə/
altra origine · Latin INTENDERE 'to direct one's mind toward'
Comprendre, the COMPREHENDERE word, is also common.
Inglese
/ʌndɚˈstænd/
inglese nativa · Old English understandan
Attenzione: falsi amici
entendre (Francese) significa “to hear” · entender (Spagnolo) significa “to understand”
Both from Latin INTENDERE 'to direct (the mind) toward'. French shifted to hearing, keeping 'understand' only in phrases (laisser entendre, bien entendu); Spanish kept understanding.
L’antenato latino
COMPREHENDERE (spoken COMPRENDERE)‘to grasp together’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
All three understand by grasping or reaching: French comprendre 'to take together', Italian capire 'to take in', Spanish entender 'to stretch the mind toward'. Spanish entender and French entendre are the same verb with different jobs.
Parenti inglesi: comprehend (COMPREHENDERE); capable, capacity, capture (CAPERE); intend (INTENDERE)
Imparala
In una frase
- esNo entiendo.
- frJe ne comprends pas.
- itNon capisco.
- ptNão entendo.
- roNu înțeleg.
- caNo ho entenc.
- enI don't understand.