"work" in sette lingue
Significatowork
Spagnolo
/tɾaˈbaxo/
m.ereditaria
Formed from the verb trabajar, Old Spanish for 'to suffer, toil'.
Francese
/tʁavaj/
m.ereditaria
plurale: travaux
Italiano
/laˈvoro/
m.altra origine · Latin LABŌRĀRE 'to toil' (lavoro is formed from lavorare)
Portoghese
/tɾaˈbaʎu/
m.ereditaria
Rumeno
/ˈmunkə/
f.altra origine · Old Church Slavonic mǫka 'torment, toil'
Catalano
/ˈfɛjnə/
f.altra origine · Latin FACIENDA 'things to be done'
Catalan also has treball, the inherited cognate, but feina is the everyday word.
Inglese
/wɝk/
inglese nativa · Old English weorc
L’antenato latino
*TRIPALIUM‘a three-staked device (traditionally, of torture); the etymology is debated’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Spanish and French work comes, on the most widely accepted (but disputed) account, from a three-pronged instrument of torment: work began as suffering. English travel is the same word — the medieval journey was an ordeal. Italian chose LABOR, the plain Latin 'toil'.
Parenti inglesi: travail, travel; labour (from LABŌREM, Italian's source)
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- esHoy tengo mucho trabajo.
- frJ'ai beaucoup de travail aujourd'hui.
- itOggi ho molto lavoro.
- ptHoje tenho muito trabalho.
- roAzi am multă muncă.
- caAvui tinc molta feina.
- enI have a lot of work today.