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"management (running a business)" in seven languages

Meaningmanagement (running a business)

Spanish

gestión

/xesˈtjon/

fem.learned

French

gestion

/ʒɛstjɔ̃/

fem.learned

The Anglicism management is common in business French.

Italian

gestione

/dʒesˈtjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

gestão

/ʒesˈtɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

management

/ˈmenedʒment/

neut.other source · English management (from manage, Italian maneggiare)

Catalan

gestió

/ʒəsˈtjo/

fem.learned

English

management

/ˈmænɪdʒmənt/

other source · Italian maneggiare 'to handle (a horse)', from MANUS 'hand'

English → Italianmanagement (running a business)gestioneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: gesture, gestation, digest, suggest.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

GESTIŌNEM‘a carrying out, conduct (of affairs)’

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

The story

English manages with its hands, from maneggiare, the handling of horses. The sisters 'carry out' affairs instead (GERERE, GESTUM), the verb found in gesture and digest.

English relatives: gesture, gestation, digest, suggest

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In a sentence

  • esEstudió gestión de empresas.
  • frElle a fait des études de gestion.
  • itHa studiato gestione aziendale.
  • ptEla estudou gestão de empresas.
  • roA studiat managementul afacerilor.
  • caVa estudiar gestió d'empreses.
  • enShe studied business management.

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