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"goodbye, see you" in seven languages

Meaninggoodbye, see you

Spanish

hasta luego

/ˈasta ˈlwego/

other source · hasta (Arabic ḥattā 'until') + luego (Latin LOCŌ 'on the spot')

French

au revoir

/o ʁəvwaʁ/

inherited

Italian

arrivederci

/arriveˈdertʃi/

inherited

Formal: arrivederla.

Portuguese

até logo

/aˈtɛ ˈlɔgu/

other source · até (of disputed origin) + logo (Latin LOCŌ 'on the spot')

Romanian

la revedere

/la reveˈdere/

other source · Romanian re- + vedere 'seeing' (Latin VIDĒRE), a calque of French au revoir

Catalan

a reveure

/ə rəˈbewɾə/

inherited

English

see you later

/si ju ˈleɪtɚ/

native English · Old English sēon

English → Italiangoodbye, see youarrivederciNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: review, vision, video.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

REVIDĒRE‘to see again’

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

The story

French and Italian part 'until seeing (each other) again'. Spanish says 'until soon': hasta is one of Spanish's Arabic loans, and luego once meant 'right away' (LOCŌ 'on the spot').

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In a sentence

  • es¡Hasta luego y gracias!
  • frAu revoir et merci !
  • itArrivederci e grazie!
  • ptAté logo e obrigado!
  • roLa revedere și mulțumesc!
  • caA reveure i gràcies!
  • enGoodbye and thank you!

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