"era" in seven languages
Meaningera
Spanish
era
/ˈeɾa/
fem.learned
French
ère
/ɛʁ/
fem.learned
Italian
era
/ˈɛra/
fem.learned
Portuguese
era
/ˈɛɾɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
eră
/ˈerə/
fem.learned
Catalan
era
/ˈɛɾə/
fem.learned
English
era
/ˈɪɹə/
from Latin/French · Late Latin AERA
English → ItalianeraeraCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
AERAM (Late Latin)‘a fixed date for counting years’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
In Spanish and Italian era is also 'was' (from ERAT): a pure coincidence of form, two different Latin words.
Learn it
In a sentence
- esVivimos en la era digital.
- frNous vivons à l'ère numérique.
- itViviamo nell'era digitale.
- ptVivemos na era digital.
- roTrăim în era digitală.
- caVivim en l'era digital.
- enWe live in the digital era.
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- decadedécadadécenniedecenniodécadadeceniudècada
- everyday, dailycotidianoquotidienquotidianocotidianocotidianquotidià
- subsequent (coming later)posteriorultérieursuccessivoposteriorulteriorposterior
- occasionocasiónoccasionoccasioneocasiãoocazieocasió