"action" in seven languages
Meaningaction
Spanish
acción
/akˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
action
/aksjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Also a share on the stock market.
Italian
azione
/atˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
ação
/aˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
acțiune
/aktsiˈune/
fem.learned
Catalan
acció
/əksiˈo/
fem.learned
English
action
/ˈækʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French action / Latin
English → ItalianactionazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ĀCTIŌNEM‘a doing (from AGERE 'to do, drive')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A textbook learned word: -TIŌNEM gives -ción, -tion, -zione, English -tion. Spanish says both consonants (acción [kθ]); Italian melts ct into a long z.
English relatives: act, active, agent
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In a sentence
- esEsta película tiene mucha acción.
- frCe film a beaucoup d'action.
- itQuesto film ha molta azione.
- ptEste filme tem muita ação.
- roFilmul ăsta are multă acțiune.
- caAquesta pel·lícula té molta acció.
- enThis film has a lot of action.
More in Ideas
- energyenergíaénergieenergiaenergiaenergieenergia
- force, strengthfuerzaforceforzaforçaforțăforça
- the rest (what is left)restoresterestorestorestresta
- spaceespacioespacespazioespaçospațiuespai
- period (of time)periodopériodeperiodoperíodoperioadăperíode
- positionposiciónpositionposizioneposiçãopozițieposició