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"representative (person)" in seven languages

Meaningrepresentative (person)

Spanish

representante

/repɾesenˈtante/

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Same form for women: la representante.

French

représentant

/ʁəpʁezɑ̃tɑ̃/

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fem.: représentante

Italian

rappresentante

/rapprezenˈtante/

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Same form for women: la rappresentante.

Portuguese

representante

/hepɾezẽˈtɐ̃tʃi/

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Romanian

reprezentant

/reprezenˈtant/

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Catalan

representant

/rəpɾəzənˈtan/

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English

representative

/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntətɪv/

from Latin/French · represent, Old French representer (Latin REPRAESENTĀRE)

English → Italianrepresentative (person)rappresentanteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

REPRAESENTĀRE‘to make present again, show’

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

The story

The sisters use the present participle, 'the one representing'; English adds -ative instead.

English relatives: represent, present

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In a sentence

  • esEs nuestra representante.
  • frC'est notre représentante.
  • itÈ la nostra rappresentante.
  • ptEla é a nossa representante.
  • roEa este reprezentanta noastră.
  • caÉs la nostra representant.
  • enShe is our representative.

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