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"situation" in seven languages

Meaningsituation

Spanish

situación

/sitwaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

situation

/sitɥasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

situazione

/situatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

situação

/sitwaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

situație

/situˈatsie/

fem.borrowed · French situation

Catalan

situació

/situəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

situation

/ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃən/

from Latin/French · French situation, Medieval Latin

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

The Latin ancestor

SITUĀTIŌNEM (Medieval Latin)‘placing, position (SITUS 'site')’

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

The story

A medieval scholars' word built on SITUS 'place': a situation is literally where things are placed. The -tion / -ción / -zione decoder works perfectly.

English relatives: site, situate, situation

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLa situación es complicada.
  • frLa situation est compliquée.
  • itLa situazione è complicata.
  • ptA situação é complicada.
  • roSituația e complicată.
  • caLa situació és complicada.
  • enThe situation is complicated.

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