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"retirement" in seven languages

Meaningretirement

Spanish

jubilación

/xubilaˈθjon/

fem.learned

A retiree is un jubilado.

French

retraite

/ʁətʁɛt/

fem.other source · Old French retraire 'to withdraw', from Latin RETRAHERE

Partir à la retraite: to retire.

Italian

pensione

/penˈsjone/

fem.other source · Latin PENSIŌNEM 'payment'

Andare in pensione: to retire. Also a guesthouse.

Portuguese

aposentadoria

/apozẽtadoˈɾiɐ/

fem.other source · aposentar 'to lodge, put to rest', ultimately from Latin PAUSĀRE 'to rest'

European Portuguese says reforma.

Romanian

pensie

/ˈpensie/

fem.other source · Latin PENSIŌNEM 'payment', via French and German

Catalan

jubilació

/ʒubiləsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

retirement

/ɹɪˈtaɪɚmənt/

other source · French retirer 'to withdraw'

English → ItalianretirementpensioneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: jubilant, jubilation.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

IUBILĀRE‘to shout for joy’

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

The story

Three different pictures: Spanish uses the word of jubilation, French a 'withdrawal' (like a military retreat), Italian the pension itself.

English relatives: jubilant, jubilation

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In a sentence

  • esMi padre está disfrutando de su jubilación.
  • frMon père profite de sa retraite.
  • itMio padre si gode la pensione.
  • ptMeu pai está curtindo a aposentadoria.
  • roTata se bucură de pensie.
  • caEl meu pare gaudeix de la jubilació.
  • enMy father is enjoying his retirement.

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