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"accurate" in seven languages

Meaningaccurate

Spanish

preciso

/pɾeˈθiso/

learned

Exacto works too.

French

précis

/pʁesi/

learned

fem.: précise

Exact works too.

Italian

preciso

/preˈtʃizo/

learned

Accurato exists, but usually means 'careful, thorough'.

Portuguese

preciso

/pɾeˈsizu/

learned

Don't confuse it with preciso 'I need' (precisar).

Romanian

precis

/preˈtʃis/

learned

Catalan

precís

/pɾəˈsis/

learned

English

accurate

/ˈækjɚət/

other source · Latin ACCŪRĀTUS 'done with care'

English → ItalianaccurateprecisoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: precise, precision, concise, incision.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PRAECĪSUM‘cut short (from PRAECĪDERE)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Precise is literally 'cut off clean' in front. Italian accurato is a half-false friend: un lavoro accurato is careful work.

English relatives: precise, precision, concise, incision

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In a sentence

  • esLa medida es muy precisa.
  • frLa mesure est très précise.
  • itLa misura è molto precisa.
  • ptA medida é muito precisa.
  • roMăsurătoarea e foarte precisă.
  • caLa mesura és molt precisa.
  • enThe measurement is very accurate.

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