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"tired" in seven languages

Meaningtired

Spanish

cansado

/kanˈsado/

other source · cansar, from Latin CAMPSĀRE 'to sail round (a cape)', per Corominas

French

fatigué

/fatige/

learned

Italian

stanco

/ˈstaŋko/

other source · of uncertain origin

Portuguese

cansado

/kɐ̃ˈsadu/

other source · cansar, from Latin CAMPSĀRE 'to sail round (a cape)', per Corominas

Romanian

obosit

/oboˈsit/

other source · obosi, from Slavic

Catalan

cansat

/kənˈsat/

other source · cansar, from Latin CAMPSĀRE 'to sail round (a cape)', per Coromines

English

tired

/taɪɚd/

native English · Old English tēorian 'to fail, weary'

English → ItaliantiredstancoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: fatigue, indefatigable.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

FATĪGĀRE‘to weary, wear out’

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

The story

Only French uses the learned Latin word (fatigué, like English fatigue); Spanish fatigado exists but is formal. Spanish cansado and Italian stanco come from elsewhere, and stanco's source is still debated.

English relatives: fatigue, indefatigable

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In a sentence

  • esEstoy muy cansado.
  • frJe suis très fatigué.
  • itSono molto stanco.
  • ptEstou muito cansado.
  • roSunt foarte obosit.
  • caEstic molt cansat.
  • enI'm very tired.

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