"sad" in seven languages
Meaningsad
Spanish
triste
/ˈtɾiste/
inherited
French
triste
/tʁist/
learned
It kept its s before t (compare fête ← FESTA), a sign of learned influence.
Italian
triste
/ˈtriste/
inherited
Portuguese
triste
/ˈtɾistʃi/
inherited
Romanian
trist
/trist/
inherited
Catalan
trist
/trist/
inherited
English
sad
/sæd/
native English · Old English sæd 'sated'
English → ItaliansadtristeNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: tristesse (borrowed from French).What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TRĪSTEM‘sad, gloomy’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spelled identically in all three; only the sound differs, with French dropping the final vowel. Spanish uses estar for the mood (estoy triste) and ser for something saddening (es triste).
English relatives: tristesse (borrowed from French)
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In a sentence
- es¿Por qué estás triste?
- frPourquoi tu es triste ?
- itPerché sei triste?
- ptPor que você está triste?
- roDe ce ești trist?
- caPer què estàs trist?
- enWhy are you sad?
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