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"progress" in seven languages

Meaningprogress

Spanish

progreso

/pɾoˈgɾeso/

masc.learned

French

progrès

/pʁɔgʁɛ/

masc.learned

Often plural: faire des progrès.

Italian

progresso

/proˈgrɛsso/

masc.learned

Portuguese

progresso

/pɾoˈgɾɛsu/

masc.learned

Romanian

progres

/proˈgres/

neut.learned

Catalan

progrés

/pɾuˈgɾes/

masc.learned

English

progress

/ˈpɹɑgɹɛs/

from Latin/French · Latin progressus

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

The Latin ancestor

PRŌGRESSUM‘a stepping forward’

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

The story

From GRADĪ 'to step': progress is stepping forward, congress stepping together, aggression stepping at someone. Where English has an uncountable noun, the sisters count their progress.

English relatives: progressive, congress, aggressive, grade

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In a sentence

  • esHas hecho muchos progresos.
  • frTu as fait beaucoup de progrès.
  • itHai fatto molti progressi.
  • ptVocê fez muitos progressos.
  • roAi făcut multe progrese.
  • caHas fet molts progressos.
  • enYou've made a lot of progress.

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