"to approve" in seven languages
Meaningto approve
Spanish
aprobar
/apɾoˈbaɾ/
inherited
Also 'to pass' an exam: he aprobado.
French
approuver
/apʁuve/
inherited
Italian
approvare
/approˈvare/
inherited
Portuguese
aprovar
/apɾoˈvah/
inherited
Romanian
aproba
/aproˈba/
learned
Catalan
aprovar
/əpɾuˈba/
inherited
English
approve
/əˈpɹuv/
from Latin/French · Old French aprover
English → Italianto approveapprovareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
APPROBĀRE‘to approve, judge good’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin B between vowels became v in French and Italian (approuver, approvare), as in PROBĀRE → prouver, provare; Spanish kept the b. Spanish students live by aprobar: to pass an exam.
English relatives: prove, probe, probable, approbation
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In a sentence
- esLa comisión aprobó el plan.
- frLe comité a approuvé le projet.
- itIl comitato ha approvato il piano.
- ptA comissão aprovou o plano.
- roComisia a aprobat planul.
- caLa comissió va aprovar el pla.
- enThe committee approved the plan.
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