"concern (worry)" in seven languages

Meaningconcern (worry)

Spanish

preocupación

/pɾeokupaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

préoccupation

/pʁeɔkypasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Inquiétude is the everyday word for worry.

Italian

preoccupazione

/preokkupatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

preocupação

/pɾeokupaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

îngrijorare

/ɨngriʒoˈrare/

fem.other source · grijă 'care, worry', from Slavic

Catalan

preocupació

/pɾəukupəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

concern

/kənˈsɝn/

other source · French concerner, from Medieval Latin CONCERNERE 'to relate to'

English → Italianconcern (worry)preoccupazioneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: preoccupation, occupy.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PRAEOCCUPĀTIŌNEM‘seizing beforehand’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

A worry is something that 'occupies you in advance'. English preoccupation is the shared word; concern comes from a different Latin verb.

English relatives: preoccupation, occupy

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

esMi principal preocupación es el dinero.
frMa principale préoccupation, c'est l'argent.
itLa mia preoccupazione principale sono i soldi.
ptMinha principal preocupação é o dinheiro.
roPrincipala mea îngrijorare sunt banii.
caLa meva preocupació principal són els diners.
enMy main concern is money.

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