"amazing, incredible" in seven languages
Meaningamazing, incredible
Spanish
increíble
/inkɾeˈible/
learned
Latin INCRĒDIBILIS refitted to the verb creer.
French
incroyable
/ɛ̃kʁwajabl/
learned
Latin INCRĒDIBILIS rebuilt on the verb croire.
Italian
incredibile
/inkreˈdibile/
learned
Portuguese
incrível
/ĩˈkɾivew/
learned
Romanian
incredibil
/inkreˈdibil/
learned
Catalan
increïble
/iŋkɾəˈiblə/
learned
English
amazing
/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/
native English · Old English āmasian 'to confound'
'Incredible' is the shared word.
English → Italianamazing, incredibleincredibileNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: incredible, credit, creed, credible.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INCRĒDIBILEM‘not to be believed’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian kept the Latin shape; Spanish and French rebuilt it on their own inherited verbs for 'believe' (creer, croire), so the word wears each language's sound changes.
English relatives: incredible, credit, creed, credible
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In a sentence
- esLa vista es increíble.
- frLa vue est incroyable.
- itIl panorama è incredibile.
- ptA vista é incrível.
- roPriveliștea e incredibilă.
- caLa vista és increïble.
- enThe view is amazing.