"conversation" in seven languages
Meaningconversation
Spanish
conversación
/konbeɾsaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
conversation
/kɔ̃vɛʁsasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
conversazione
/konversatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
conversa
/kõˈvɛhsɐ/
fem.other source · conversar 'to talk' (Latin CONVERSĀRĪ)
Conversação exists but is formal or bookish.
Romanian
conversație
/konverˈsatsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
conversa
/kumˈbɛrsə/
fem.other source · conversar 'to talk' (Latin CONVERSĀRĪ)
English
conversation
/ˌkɑnvɚˈseɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French conversation
English → ItalianconversationconversazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CONVERSĀTIŌNEM‘frequent dealings, keeping company’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin CONVERSĀRĪ was 'to keep company with'; living together became talking together.
English relatives: converse, conversant
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In a sentence
- esTuvimos una larga conversación.
- frNous avons eu une longue conversation.
- itAbbiamo fatto una lunga conversazione.
- ptTivemos uma longa conversa.
- roAm avut o conversație lungă.
- caVam tenir una conversa llarga.
- enWe had a long conversation.
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