"often" in seven languages
Meaningoften
Spanish
a menudo
/a meˈnudo/
other source · Latin MINŪTUM 'small' (menudo 'tiny')
Also con frecuencia.
French
souvent
/suvɑ̃/
other source · Latin SUBINDE 'immediately after, repeatedly'
Italian
spesso
/ˈspesso/
other source · Latin SPISSUM 'thick, dense'
Portuguese
muitas vezes
/ˈmũjtɐs ˈvezis/
other source · Latin MULTĀS VICĒS 'many turns'
Com frequência is just as common.
Romanian
des
/des/
other source · Latin DĒNSUM 'thick, dense'
Like Italian spesso, 'often' is 'thick' in time.
Catalan
sovint
/suˈbin/
other source · Latin SUBINDE 'immediately after, repeatedly'
The same SUBINDE as French souvent.
English
often
/ˈɔfən/
native English · Old English oft
English → ItalianoftenspessoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The story
Three images of frequency: Spanish 'in small bits', French 'again right after', Italian 'thick' (events packed close together).
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In a sentence
- esVoy a menudo al cine.
- frJe vais souvent au cinéma.
- itVado spesso al cinema.
- ptVou muitas vezes ao cinema.
- roMerg des la cinema.
- caVaig sovint al cinema.
- enI often go to the cinema.