"aspect" in seven languages
Meaningaspect
Spanish
aspecto
/asˈpekto/
masc.learned
Also 'look, appearance': tener buen aspecto.
French
aspect
/aspɛ/
masc.learned
The final ct is usually silent; also 'look, appearance'.
Italian
aspetto
/asˈpɛtto/
masc.learned
Also 'look'. Aspettare 'to wait' is a different verb, from EXSPECTĀRE.
Portuguese
aspecto
/asˈpɛktu/
masc.learned
Romanian
aspect
/asˈpekt/
neut.borrowed · French aspect
Catalan
aspecte
/əsˈpɛktə/
masc.learned
English
aspect
/ˈæspɛkt/
from Latin/French · Latin ASPECTUS
English → ItalianaspectaspettoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ASPECTUM‘look, view (ASPICERE 'to look at')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned in all four, though Italian squeezes ct to tt even in learned words. In all three sisters it is also the everyday word for someone's look or appearance.
English relatives: spectator, inspect, respect
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In a sentence
- esDebemos considerar todos los aspectos del problema.
- frIl faut examiner tous les aspects du problème.
- itDobbiamo considerare ogni aspetto del problema.
- ptDevemos considerar todos os aspectos do problema.
- roTrebuie să luăm în calcul fiecare aspect al problemei.
- caHem de tenir en compte tots els aspectes del problema.
- enWe must consider every aspect of the problem.
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