"exactly" in seven languages
Meaningexactly
Spanish
exactamente
/eksaktaˈmente/
learned
French
exactement
/ɛɡzaktəmɑ̃/
learned
Italian
esattamente
/ezattaˈmente/
learned
Portuguese
exatamente
/ezataˈmẽtʃi/
learned
Romanian
exact
/eɡˈzakt/
learned
The adjective doubles as the adverb.
Catalan
exactament
/əɡzəktəˈmen/
learned
English
exactly
/ɪɡˈzæktli/
from Latin/French · Latin EXĀCTUS + native -ly
English → ItalianexactlyesattamenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EXĀCTUM‘driven out; finished, precise’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian, as usual, turns x into s and ct into tt. As a one-word answer the sisters often use just the adjective: ¡Exacto!, Exact !, Esatto!
English relatives: exact, exaction
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In a sentence
- esEs exactamente lo que quería.
- frC'est exactement ce que je voulais.
- itÈ esattamente quello che volevo.
- ptÉ exatamente o que eu queria.
- roEste exact ce voiam.
- caÉs exactament el que volia.
- enThat's exactly what I wanted.
More words from the same Latin
More in Little words
- usually, generallygeneralmentegénéralementgeneralmentegeralmentede obiceigeneralment
- forward(s)adelanteen avantavantipara a frenteînainteendavant
- simplysimplementesimplementsemplicementesimplesmentepur și simplusimplement
- towardshaciaversversoem direção asprecap a
- except, apart fromexceptosauftranneexcetoîn afară deexcepte
- ahead, forwardadelanteen avantavantipara frenteînainteendavant