"qualified (trained)" in seven languages
Meaningqualified (trained)
Spanish
cualificado
/kwalifiˈkado/
learned
Latin America mostly says calificado.
French
qualifié
/kalifje/
learned
Italian
qualificato
/kwalifiˈkato/
learned
Portuguese
qualificado
/kwalifiˈkadu/
learned
Romanian
calificat
/kalifiˈkat/
learned
Catalan
qualificat
/kwəlifiˈkat/
learned
English
qualified
/ˈkwɑləfaɪd/
from Latin/French · qualify ← French qualifier ← Medieval Latin QUALIFICĀRE
English → Italianqualified (trained)qualificatoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
QUALIFICĀRE (Medieval Latin)‘to give a quality to’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
QUĀLIS 'of what kind' + FACERE 'to make': being qualified is having been 'made of the right kind'. Spanish respells the Latin qu as cu.
English relatives: qualify, quality, qualification
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In a sentence
- esNecesitamos personal cualificado.
- frNous avons besoin de personnel qualifié.
- itAbbiamo bisogno di personale qualificato.
- ptPrecisamos de pessoal qualificado.
- roAvem nevoie de personal calificat.
- caNecessitem personal qualificat.
- enWe need qualified staff.
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