"depression" in seven languages
Meaningdepression
Spanish
depresión
/depɾeˈsjon/
fem.learned
French
dépression
/depʁesjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
depressione
/depresˈsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
depressão
/depɾeˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
depresie
/deˈpresie/
fem.learned
Catalan
depressió
/dəpɾəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
depression
/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French depression / Latin DĒPRESSIŌ
English → ItaliandepressiondepressioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DĒPRESSIŌNEM‘a pressing down’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned word with the same three senses in all four languages: the illness, a weather low and an economic slump.
English relatives: depress, press, pressure, express
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In a sentence
- esLa depresión es una enfermedad grave.
- frLa dépression est une maladie grave.
- itLa depressione è una malattia grave.
- ptA depressão é uma doença grave.
- roDepresia este o boală gravă.
- caLa depressió és una malaltia greu.
- enDepression is a serious illness.
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