"again" in seven languages
Meaningagain
Spanish
de nuevo
/de ˈnwebo/
inherited
Otra vez is just as common.
French
de nouveau
/də nuvo/
other source · nouveau ← Latin NOVELLUM, diminutive of NOVUS
Encore and the prefix re- (refaire) are more everyday.
Italian
di nuovo
/di ˈnwɔvo/
inherited
Portuguese
de novo
/dʒi ˈnovu/
inherited
Romanian
din nou
/din now/
inherited
Catalan
de nou
/də nɔw/
inherited
Tornar a + infinitive ('return to') is the more everyday way to say 'again'.
English
again
/əˈɡɛn/
native English · Old English ongēan 'back, opposite'
English → Italianagaindi nuovoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: novel, novelty, renovate.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NOVUM‘new’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
'Again' is 'anew' in all three. Spanish and Italian keep NOVUM, breaking the stressed short o into ue and uo; French uses the diminutive NOVELLUM, the source of nouveau.
English relatives: novel, novelty, renovate
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esInténtalo de nuevo.
- frEssaie de nouveau.
- itProva di nuovo.
- ptTente de novo.
- roÎncearcă din nou.
- caTorna-ho a provar.
- enTry again.
More words from the same Latin
More in Little words
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- enoughbastanteassezabbastanzasuficientedestulprou
- everythingtodotouttuttotudotottot
- farlejosloinlontanolongedepartelluny
- actually, in facten realidaden faitin realtàna verdadede fapten realitat