"portion, helping" in seven languages
Meaningportion, helping
Spanish
porción
/poɾˈθjon/
fem.learned
For food in a bar, ración is the usual word.
French
portion
/pɔʁsjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
porzione
/porˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
porção
/pohˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
porție
/ˈportsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
porció
/pursiˈo/
fem.learned
In bars a plated helping is a ració.
English
portion
/ˈpɔɹʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French portion
English → Italianportion, helpingporzioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PORTIŌNEM‘share, part’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A textbook -TIŌNEM word: -ción, -tion, -zione, -tion. Spanish ración, the tapas portion, is a different word, from RATIŌNEM 'reckoning'.
English relatives: proportion, apportion
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In a sentence
- esAquí las porciones son muy grandes.
- frIci, les portions sont très grandes.
- itQui le porzioni sono molto abbondanti.
- ptAqui as porções são muito grandes.
- roAici porțiile sunt foarte mari.
- caAquí les porcions són molt grans.
- enThe portions are very big here.