"struggle, fight" in seven languages
Meaningstruggle, fight
Spanish
lucha
/ˈlutʃa/
fem.inherited
French
lutte
/lyt/
fem.inherited
Italian
lotta
/ˈlɔtta/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
luta
/ˈlutɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
luptă
/ˈluptə/
fem.inherited
Romanian -CT- → -pt-: LUCTA → luptă, as NOCTEM → noapte.
Catalan
lluita
/ˈʎujtə/
fem.inherited
English
struggle
/ˈstɹʌɡəl/
native English · Middle English struglen, of uncertain origin
English → Italianstruggle, fightlottaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: reluctant (struggling back).What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
LUCTAM‘wrestling’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin CT at work: Spanish ch, French t(t), Italian tt — lucha, lutte, lotta. Also the name of the sport: lucha libre, lutte gréco-romaine, lotta libera.
English relatives: reluctant (struggling back)
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esLa lucha por la igualdad continúa.
- frLa lutte pour l'égalité continue.
- itLa lotta per l'uguaglianza continua.
- ptA luta pela igualdade continua.
- roLupta pentru egalitate continuă.
- caLa lluita per la igualtat continua.
- enThe struggle for equality goes on.