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"reputation" in seven languages

Meaningreputation

Spanish

reputación

/reputaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

réputation

/ʁepytasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

reputazione

/reputatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

reputação

/heputaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

reputație

/repuˈtatsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

reputació

/rəputəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

reputation

/ɹɛpjəˈteɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin REPUTĀTIŌNEM

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

The Latin ancestor

REPUTĀTIŌNEM‘a reckoning, consideration’

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

The story

Your reputation is how people 'reckon you up' (PUTĀRE 'to reckon'). Swap -tion for -ción, -tion, -zione and it works in every language.

English relatives: repute, compute, dispute

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In a sentence

  • esEl restaurante tiene buena reputación.
  • frLe restaurant a une bonne réputation.
  • itIl ristorante ha una buona reputazione.
  • ptO restaurante tem boa reputação.
  • roRestaurantul are o reputație bună.
  • caEl restaurant té bona reputació.
  • enThe restaurant has a good reputation.

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