"between, among" in seven languages
Meaningbetween, among
Spanish
entre
/ˈentɾe/
inherited
French
entre
/ɑ̃tʁ/
inherited
Italian
tra
/tra/
other source · Latin INTRĀ 'within'
Fra (from INFRĀ 'below') means the same; pick whichever sounds better (fra tre giorni, tra fratelli).
Portuguese
entre
/ˈẽtɾi/
inherited
Romanian
între
/ˈɨntre/
inherited
Catalan
entre
/ˈentɾə/
inherited
English
between
/bɪˈtwin/
native English · Old English betwēonum
English → Italianbetween, amongtraNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: inter-, interval, internal.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INTER‘between’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and French entre look identical but sound quite different ([ˈentɾe] vs [ɑ̃tʁ]). Italian also uses tra/fra for 'in' with time: tra un'ora 'in an hour'.
English relatives: inter-, interval, internal
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In a sentence
- esEntre tú y yo.
- frEntre toi et moi.
- itTra me e te.
- ptCá entre nós.
- roÎntre tine și mine.
- caEntre tu i jo.
- enBetween you and me.