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"proposal" in seven languages

Meaningproposal

Spanish

propuesta

/pɾoˈpwesta/

fem.learned

Shaped like puesta, from poner: Latin PRŌPŌNERE was refitted to the everyday verb.

French

proposition

/pʁɔpozisjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

proposta

/proˈpɔsta/

fem.learned

Shaped like posta, from porre.

Portuguese

proposta

/pɾoˈpɔstɐ/

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Romanian

propunere

/propuˈnere/

fem.learned

The verbal noun of propune: Latin PRŌPŌNERE refitted to native pune 'to put'.

Catalan

proposta

/pɾuˈpɔstə/

fem.learned

English

proposal

/pɹəˈpoʊzəl/

from Latin/French · propose (Old French proposer) + -al

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

The Latin ancestor

PRŌPŌNERE‘to put forward’

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

The story

A proposal is something 'put forward'. Spanish and Italian use the participle (propuesta, proposta), French the -tion noun, which English also has as proposition.

English relatives: propose, proposition, position, purpose

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In a sentence

  • esRechazaron nuestra propuesta.
  • frIls ont rejeté notre proposition.
  • itHanno respinto la nostra proposta.
  • ptEles rejeitaram a nossa proposta.
  • roNe-au respins propunerea.
  • caHan rebutjat la nostra proposta.
  • enThey rejected our proposal.

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