"performance (of a play, a show)" in seven languages
Meaningperformance (of a play, a show)
Spanish
/ɾepɾesentaˈθjon/
fem.learned
Función is the everyday word for a single showing.
French
/ʁəpʁezɑ̃tasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
/rappresentatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Spettacolo 'show' is more common in everyday talk.
Portuguese
/apɾezẽtaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.other source · Portuguese apresentar (Late Latin PRAESENTĀRE 'to present') + -ção
For a play, espetáculo is just as common.
Romanian
/spekˈtakol/
neut.other source · Latin SPECTĀCULUM 'show' (after French spectacle)
Catalan
/rəpɾəzəntəˈsjo/
fem.learned
English
/pɚˈfɔɹməns/
other source · Anglo-French parfourmer (Old French parfournir 'to complete')
The Latin ancestor
REPRAESENTĀTIŌNEM‘a showing, making present’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
On stage, the sisters 'make present again'. For performance at work or in sport the word changes: rendimiento / performance or rendement / rendimento or prestazione.
English relatives: represent, representation, present
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In a sentence
- esLa representación empieza a las ocho.
- frLa représentation commence à vingt heures.
- itLa rappresentazione comincia alle otto.
- ptA apresentação começa às oito.
- roSpectacolul începe la ora opt.
- caLa representació comença a les vuit.
- enThe performance starts at eight.