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"to admit (acknowledge)" in seven languages

Meaningto admit (acknowledge)

Spanish

admitir

/admiˈtiɾ/

learned

Reconocer is common for owning up to something.

French

admettre

/admɛtʁ/

learned

Shaped after mettre 'to put'.

Italian

ammettere

/amˈmettere/

learned

Portuguese

admitir

/adʒimiˈtʃih/

learned

Romanian

recunoaște

/rekuˈno̯aʃte/

other source · Latin RECOGNŌSCERE 'to recognize'

Admite exists, but means 'to allow, accept'.

Catalan

admetre

/ədˈmetɾə/

learned

English

admit

/ədˈmɪt/

from Latin/French · Latin ADMITTERE

English → Italianto admit (acknowledge)ammettereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ADMITTERE‘to let in’

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

The story

First 'to let in' (still the sense of admission), then 'to let a fact in'. Italian assimilates dm to mm.

English relatives: admission, admissible, emit, permit

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In a sentence

  • esAdmitió su error.
  • frIl a admis son erreur.
  • itHa ammesso il suo errore.
  • ptEle admitiu o erro.
  • roȘi-a recunoscut greșeala.
  • caVa admetre el seu error.
  • enHe admitted his mistake.

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