"guts, intestines" in seven languages

Meaningguts, intestines

Spanish

tripa

/ˈtɾipa/

fem.other source · of uncertain origin, shared with French tripe and Italian trippa

Mostly plural: las tripas. Intestino is the medical word.

French

boyau

/bwajo/

masc.inherited

plural: boyaux

Old French boel, plural boiaus: the l turned to u before the plural -s, and the singular was remade from the plural.

Italian

budello

/buˈdɛllo/

masc.inherited

plural: budella

The guts are le budella (an old neuter plural); i budelli are narrow alleys or tubes.

Portuguese

tripa

/ˈtɾipɐ/

fem.other source · of uncertain origin, shared with Spanish tripa

Intestino is the medical word.

Romanian

maț

/mats/

neut.other source · probably Latin MATTEA 'a dainty dish'

plural: mațe

Mostly plural: mațele.

Catalan

budell

/buˈdeʎ/

masc.inherited

English

guts

/ɡʌts/

native English · Old English guttas

English → Italianguts, intestinesbudelloNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: botulism (from BOTULUS 'sausage').What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

BOTELLUM‘small sausage (diminutive of BOTULUS)’

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

The story

BOTELLUS was a little sausage, and the intestines took the name of what they were stuffed into making. Italian keeps a Latin neuter plural for them: un budello, le budella.

English relatives: botulism (from BOTULUS 'sausage')

Sound laws at work

Plurals: -s or -i L before a consonant becomes u

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In a sentence

esEl carnicero usa tripas de cerdo para hacer embutidos.
frLe boucher utilise des boyaux de porc pour faire des saucisses.
itIl macellaio usa budella di maiale per fare le salsicce.
ptO açougueiro usa tripa de porco para fazer linguiça.
roMăcelarul folosește mațe de porc ca să facă cârnați.
caEl carnisser fa servir budells de porc per fer embotits.
enThe butcher uses pig guts to make sausages.

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