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"glad, pleased" in seven languages

Meaningglad, pleased

Spanish

contento

/konˈtento/

learned

For 'I'm glad that…' Spanish often says me alegro de que…

French

content

/kɔ̃tɑ̃/

learned

Italian

contento

/konˈtɛnto/

learned

Lieto is a more formal synonym.

Portuguese

contente

/kõˈtẽtʃi/

learned

Romanian

bucuros

/bukuˈros/

other source · bucura 'to rejoice', of uncertain origin

Catalan

content

/kunˈten/

learned

English

glad

/ɡlæd/

native English · Old English glæd

English → Italianglad, pleasedcontentoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: content, contentment, contain.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONTENTUM‘satisfied, contained (participle of CONTINĒRE)’

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

The story

To be CONTENTUS was to be 'held together', needing nothing more. English kept the word as content; the sisters use it as their everyday 'glad'.

English relatives: content, contentment, contain

Sound laws at work

French vowel + nasal becomes a nasal vowel

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In a sentence

  • esEstoy contento de verte.
  • frJe suis content de te voir.
  • itSono contento di vederti.
  • ptFico contente em te ver.
  • roSunt bucuros să te văd.
  • caEstic content de veure't.
  • enI'm glad to see you.

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