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"advertisement, ad" in seven languages

Meaningadvertisement, ad

Spanish

anuncio

/aˈnunθjo/

masc.other source · anunciar, from Latin ANNŪNTIĀRE 'to announce'

Publicidad is advertising in general.

French

publicité

/pyblisite/

fem.learned

Shortened to une pub in speech; une annonce is a classified ad.

Italian

pubblicità

/pubblitʃiˈta/

fem.borrowed · French publicité

Also used for a single ad; un annuncio is a classified ad.

Portuguese

anúncio

/aˈnũsju/

masc.other source · anunciar, from Latin ANNŪNTIĀRE 'to announce' (learned)

A TV or online ad is also, colloquially, uma propaganda in Brazil.

Romanian

reclamă

/reˈklamə/

fem.other source · French réclame (from Latin RECLĀMĀRE 'to cry out')

Catalan

anunci

/əˈnunsi/

masc.other source · anunciar, from Latin ANNŪNTIĀRE 'to announce' (learned)

English

advertisement

/ædvɚˈtaɪzmənt/

other source · Old French avertissement 'warning, notice'

English → Italianadvertisement, adpubblicitàNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: public, publicity, publish; announce (es).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PŪBLICUM‘of the people, public’

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

The story

French publicité, 'making public', went from legal publicity to advertising and was taken over by Italian. Spanish anuncio is an 'announcement', from ANNŪNTIĀRE like English announce.

English relatives: public, publicity, publish; announce (es)

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In a sentence

  • esVi un anuncio de ese móvil.
  • frJ'ai vu une pub pour ce téléphone.
  • itHo visto una pubblicità di quel telefono.
  • ptVi um anúncio desse celular.
  • roAm văzut o reclamă la telefonul ăla.
  • caVaig veure un anunci d'aquell mòbil.
  • enI saw an ad for that phone.

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