"talent" in seven languages
Meaningtalent
Spanish
talento
/taˈlento/
masc.learned
French
talent
/talɑ̃/
masc.learned
Italian
talento
/taˈlɛnto/
masc.learned
Portuguese
talento
/taˈlẽtu/
masc.learned
Romanian
talent
/taˈlent/
neut.learned
Catalan
talent
/təˈlen/
masc.learned
English
talent
/ˈtælənt/
from Latin/French · Latin talentum
English → ItaliantalenttalentoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TALENTUM (Greek tálanton)‘a weight of silver, a large sum’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A talent was a weight of silver. The parable of the talents, about servants who use or bury the money they are given, turned it into 'a gift to be used' in all four languages.
English relatives: talented
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In a sentence
- esTiene un verdadero talento para la música.
- frElle a un vrai talent pour la musique.
- itHa un vero talento per la musica.
- ptEla tem um verdadeiro talento para a música.
- roAre un adevărat talent la muzică.
- caTé un talent de debò per a la música.
- enShe has a real talent for music.
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