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"to attend (be present at)" in seven languages

Meaningto attend (be present at)

Spanish

asistir

/asisˈtiɾ/

learned

Takes a: asistir a una clase.

French

assister

/asiste/

learned

Takes à: assister à un cours. Without à it means 'to help'.

Italian

assistere

/asˈsistere/

learned

Takes a; for school or a course, Italian says frequentare.

Portuguese

assistir

/asisˈtʃih/

learned

Takes a: assistir a um show. In Brazil it is above all 'to watch': assistir TV.

Romanian

asista

/asisˈta/

borrowed · French assister

Takes la: a asista la o ședință.

Catalan

assistir

/əsisˈti/

learned

Takes a: assistir a una classe.

English

attend

/əˈtɛnd/

other source · Old French atendre, from Latin ATTENDERE 'to stretch toward'

English → Italianto attend (be present at)assistereNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: assist, assistant, insist, consist.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ASSISTERE‘to stand by’

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

The story

A classic trap: the sisters' look-alikes of attend mean something else (French attendre 'to wait', Spanish atender 'to look after, serve'). To be present, they 'stand by': asistir, assister, assistere.

English relatives: assist, assistant, insist, consist

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In a sentence

  • esMás de 500 personas asistieron al concierto.
  • frPlus de 500 personnes ont assisté au concert.
  • itPiù di 500 persone hanno assistito al concerto.
  • ptMais de 500 pessoas assistiram ao concerto.
  • roPeste 500 de oameni au asistat la concert.
  • caMés de 500 persones van assistir al concert.
  • enMore than 500 people attended the concert.

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