"abuse" in seven languages
Meaningabuse
Spanish
abuso
/aˈbuso/
masc.learned
French
abus
/aby/
masc.learned
Italian
abuso
/aˈbuzo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
abuso
/aˈbuzu/
masc.learned
Romanian
abuz
/aˈbuz/
neut.learned
Catalan
abús
/əˈbus/
masc.learned
English
abuse
/əˈbjus/
from Latin/French · French abus, from Latin
English → ItalianabuseabusoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ABŪSUM‘misuse, using up (AB- + ŪSUS 'use')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
AB- 'away' + ŪSUS 'use': using something the wrong way. Abuso de poder, abus de pouvoir, abuso di potere line up word for word.
English relatives: use, usage, abusive
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In a sentence
- esEs un abuso de poder.
- frC'est un abus de pouvoir.
- itÈ un abuso di potere.
- ptÉ um abuso de poder.
- roEste un abuz de putere.
- caÉs un abús de poder.
- enIt's an abuse of power.
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