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"report" in seven languages

Meaningreport

Spanish

informe

/inˈfoɾme/

masc.other source · informar 'to inform', Latin INFORMĀRE (learned)

French

rapport

/ʁapɔʁ/

masc.inherited

Built in French from rapporter (re- + apporter 'to bring'); also 'relationship'.

Italian

rapporto

/rapˈpɔrto/

masc.inherited

From rapportare; relazione is also used for a written report.

Portuguese

relatório

/helaˈtɔɾju/

masc.other source · relatar 'to relate', from Latin RELĀTUM (learned)

Romanian

raport

/raˈport/

neut.borrowed · French rapport

Catalan

informe

/inˈfoɾmə/

masc.other source · informar 'to inform', Latin INFORMĀRE (learned)

English

report

/ɹɪˈpɔɹt/

from Latin/French · Old French report, from reporter (Latin REPORTĀRE 'to carry back')

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

The Latin ancestor

PORTĀRE‘to carry (a report is 'carried back')’

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

The story

French and Italian 'carry back' the news (rapport, rapporto), like English report; Spanish and Catalan 'inform', Portuguese 'relates' (relatório). French rapport also means a relationship, the sense English borrowed as rapport.

English relatives: report, rapport, portable, transport

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In a sentence

  • esEl informe policial está listo.
  • frLe rapport de police est prêt.
  • itIl rapporto della polizia è pronto.
  • ptO relatório da polícia está pronto.
  • roRaportul poliției e gata.
  • caL'informe de la policia ja està enllestit.
  • enThe police report is ready.

The Latin family

PORT-· carry

PORTĀRE is the ordinary 'carry' of French (porter) and Italian (portare); Spanish prefers llevar (LEVĀRE 'to lift') and keeps portar for 'to bear' and portarse 'to behave'. Its prefixed forms travelled widely as learned words — and one of them, via Old French, became English sport. Romanian purta and Catalan portar are everyday 'carry' verbs; Portuguese, like Spanish, carries with levar.

  • PORTĀREto carry

    esportarfrporteritportareptportarropurtacaportar

  • IMPORTĀREto carry in

    esimportarfrimporteritimportareptimportarroimportacaimportarenimport

  • SUPPORTĀREto carry up, bear

    essoportarfrsupporteritsopportareptsuportarrosuportacasuportarensupport

  • TRANSPORTĀREto carry across

    estransportarfrtransporterittrasportarepttransportarrotransportacatransportarentransport

  • DĒPORTĀREto carry away

    esdeportefrdéporteritdiportoptesporterosportcaesportendeport

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