"expression" in seven languages
Meaningexpression
Spanish
expresión
/ekspɾeˈsjon/
fem.learned
French
expression
/ɛkspʁɛsjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
espressione
/espresˈsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
expressão
/ispɾeˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
expresie
/eksˈpresie/
fem.learned
Catalan
expressió
/əkspɾəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
expression
/ɪkˈspɹɛʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French expression / Latin EXPRESSIŌ
English → ItalianexpressionespressioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EXPRESSIŌNEM‘a pressing out’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
An expression is something 'pressed out'. Italian turns x into s, which is why the pressed-out coffee is an espresso.
English relatives: express, espresso, press
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In a sentence
- esEs una expresión muy común.
- frC'est une expression très courante.
- itÈ un'espressione molto comune.
- ptÉ uma expressão muito comum.
- roEste o expresie foarte des folosită.
- caÉs una expressió molt corrent.
- enIt's a very common expression.
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