"deputy (member of parliament)" in seven languages

Meaningdeputy (member of parliament)

Spanish

diputado

/dipuˈtado/

masc.learned

Feminine diputada; the Congreso de los Diputados is Spain's lower house.

French

député

/depyte/

masc.learned

Also used for a woman: la députée.

Italian

deputato

/depuˈtato/

masc.learned

Feminine deputata.

Portuguese

deputado

/depuˈtadu/

masc.learned

Feminine deputada.

Romanian

deputat

/depuˈtat/

masc.learned

Feminine deputată.

Catalan

diputat

/dipuˈtat/

masc.learned

Feminine diputada.

English

deputy

/ˈdɛpjəti/

from Latin/French · Old French depute

In English it usually means a second-in-command; for a lawmaker English says 'member of parliament' or 'representative'.

English → Italiandeputy (member of parliament)deputatoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

DĒPUTĀTUM‘assigned, delegated’

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

The story

A deputy is someone 'assigned' a task. In the sisters it is the ordinary word for a member of the lower house; in English, a deputy is usually somebody's assistant.

English relatives: depute, deputation

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In a sentence

esFue elegida diputada el año pasado.
frElle a été élue députée l'année dernière.
itÈ stata eletta deputata l'anno scorso.
ptEla foi eleita deputada no ano passado.
roA fost aleasă deputată anul trecut.
caVa ser escollida diputada l'any passat.
enShe was elected to parliament last year.

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