"agreement" in seven languages
Meaningagreement
Spanish
acuerdo
/aˈkweɾdo/
masc.inherited
French
accord
/akɔʁ/
masc.inherited
Italian
accordo
/akˈkɔrdo/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
acordo
/aˈkoɾdu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
acord
/aˈkord/
neut.borrowed · French accord
Catalan
acord
/əˈkɔɾt/
masc.inherited
English
agreement
/əˈɡɹimənt/
other source · Old French agreer 'to please' (à gré, from Latin GRĀTUM)
English → ItalianagreementaccordoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: accord, according, concord, cordial.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
*ACCORDĀRE (spoken Latin)‘to bring into harmony (AD + COR 'heart')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To agree is to bring hearts together. The phrase for 'OK!' is the same idea everywhere: ¡de acuerdo!, d'accord !, d'accordo!
English relatives: accord, according, concord, cordial
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In a sentence
- esLlegamos a un acuerdo.
- frNous sommes parvenus à un accord.
- itAbbiamo raggiunto un accordo.
- ptChegamos a um acordo.
- roAm ajuns la un acord.
- caVam arribar a un acord.
- enWe reached an agreement.