"concrete (specific, real)" in seven languages
Meaningconcrete (specific, real)
Spanish
/konˈkɾeto/
learned
In Latin America it is also the building material (Spain says hormigón).
French
/kɔ̃kʁɛ/
learned
fem.: concrète
The building material is le béton.
Italian
/konˈkrɛto/
learned
The building material is il calcestruzzo or il cemento.
Portuguese
/kõˈkɾɛtu/
learned
In Brazil concreto is also the building material (European Portuguese betão).
Romanian
/konˈkret/
learned
Catalan
/kuŋˈkɾɛt/
learned
English
/kɑnˈkɹit/
from Latin/French · Latin CONCRĒTUS
The Latin ancestor
CONCRĒTUM‘grown together, solidified (from CONCRĒSCERE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
CONCRĒTUM meant 'grown solid', hence both 'tangible, specific' and the building material. In Spain and France only the first meaning lives on.
English relatives: concretion, increase, crescent
Learn it
In a sentence
- es¿Me puedes dar un ejemplo concreto?
- frVous pouvez me donner un exemple concret ?
- itMi puoi fare un esempio concreto?
- ptVocê pode me dar um exemplo concreto?
- roPoți să-mi dai un exemplu concret?
- caEm pots donar un exemple concret?
- enCan you give me a concrete example?