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"impact" in seven languages

Meaningimpact

Spanish

impacto

/imˈpakto/

masc.learned

French

impact

/ɛ̃pakt/

masc.learned

Italian

impatto

/imˈpatto/

masc.learned

Portuguese

impacto

/ĩˈpaktu/

masc.learned

Romanian

impact

/imˈpakt/

neut.learned

Catalan

impacte

/imˈpaktə/

masc.learned

English

impact

/ˈɪmpækt/

from Latin/French · Latin IMPĀCTUS

English → ItalianimpactimpattoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

IMPĀCTUM‘struck against (participle of IMPINGERE)’

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

The story

An impact is something 'struck against'. Italian assimilates ct to tt even in learned words: impatto, like fatto.

English relatives: impinge

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In a sentence

  • esLa nueva ley tendrá un gran impacto.
  • frLa nouvelle loi aura un fort impact.
  • itLa nuova legge avrà un forte impatto.
  • ptA nova lei vai ter um grande impacto.
  • roNoua lege va avea un impact mare.
  • caLa nova llei tindrà un gran impacte.
  • enThe new law will have a big impact.

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