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"intention" in seven languages

Meaningintention

Spanish

intención

/intenˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

intention

/ɛ̃tɑ̃sjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

intenzione

/intenˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

intenção

/ĩtẽˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

intenție

/inˈtentsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

intenció

/intənˈsjo/

fem.learned

English

intention

/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin INTENTIŌNEM, via Old French

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

The Latin ancestor

INTENTIŌNEM‘a stretching toward, purpose’

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

The story

TENDERE 'to stretch': an intention is the mind stretched toward a goal, like attention.

English relatives: intend, intent, attention, tension

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esNo tenía intención de irme.
  • frJe n'avais pas l'intention de partir.
  • itNon avevo intenzione di andarmene.
  • ptEu não tinha intenção de ir embora.
  • roNu aveam intenția să plec.
  • caNo tenia la intenció de marxar.
  • enI had no intention of leaving.

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