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"enjoy your meal" in seven languages

Meaningenjoy your meal

Spanish

¡buen provecho!

/bwen pɾoˈbetʃo/

other source · Latin PRŌFECTUM 'profit, progress'

French

bon appétit

/bɔn apeti/

learned

Italian

buon appetito

/bwɔn appeˈtito/

learned

Portuguese

bom apetite

/bõ apeˈtʃitʃi/

learned

Romanian

poftă bună

/ˈpoftə ˈbunə/

other source · Slavic (cf. Old Church Slavonic pochotĕti 'to desire')

Catalan

bon profit

/bɔm pɾuˈfit/

other source · Latin PRŌFECTUM 'profit, progress'

English

enjoy your meal

/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ jɚ mil/

other source · Old French enjoir (joie ← Latin GAUDIA)

English → Italianenjoy your mealbuon appetitoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: appetite; profit (es).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

APPETĪTUM‘a reaching for, desire’

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

The story

French and Italian wish you appetite, a learned word from APPETĪTUS 'a reaching for'. Spanish wishes you 'profit': provecho is PRŌFECTUM, its CT turned ch as in noche.

English relatives: appetite; profit (es)

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In a sentence

  • esLa comida está lista: ¡buen provecho!
  • frLe déjeuner est prêt : bon appétit !
  • itIl pranzo è pronto: buon appetito!
  • ptO almoço está pronto: bom apetite!
  • roMasa e gata: poftă bună!
  • caEl dinar és a punt: bon profit!
  • enLunch is ready: enjoy your meal!

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