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"presentation" in seven languages

Meaningpresentation

Spanish

presentación

/pɾesentaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

présentation

/pʁezɑ̃tasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

presentazione

/prezentatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

apresentação

/apɾezẽtaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

prezentare

/prezenˈtare/

fem.learned

Catalan

presentació

/pɾəzəntəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

presentation

/pɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Old French presentacion, Latin PRAESENTĀTIŌNEM

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

The Latin ancestor

PRAESENTĀTIŌNEM‘a showing, presenting’

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

The story

A textbook -TIŌNEM word: -ción, -tion, -zione, -tion. It is built on PRAESENS 'being at hand', so to present is literally to put something in front of someone.

English relatives: present, presence, represent

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esSu presentación duró veinte minutos.
  • frSa présentation a duré vingt minutes.
  • itLa sua presentazione è durata venti minuti.
  • ptA apresentação dela durou vinte minutos.
  • roPrezentarea ei a durat douăzeci de minute.
  • caLa seva presentació va durar vint minuts.
  • enHer presentation lasted twenty minutes.

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