"to capture" in seven languages
Meaningto capture
Spanish
capturar
/kaptuˈɾaɾ/
learned
French
capturer
/kaptyʁe/
learned
Italian
catturare
/kattuˈrare/
learned
Portuguese
capturar
/kaptuˈɾah/
learned
Romanian
captura
/kaptuˈra/
borrowed · French capturer
Catalan
capturar
/kəptuˈɾa/
learned
English
capture
/ˈkæptʃɚ/
from Latin/French · French capture, from Latin
English → Italianto capturecatturareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CAPTŪRAM‘a catching (from CAPERE 'to take')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
All three verbs are built on the learned noun captura. Italian assimilates pt to tt (cattura), as in sette from SEPTEM.
English relatives: captive, captivate; catch and chase (worn-down French relatives)
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In a sentence
- esLa policía capturó al ladrón.
- frLa police a capturé le voleur.
- itLa polizia ha catturato il ladro.
- ptA polícia capturou o ladrão.
- roPoliția l-a capturat pe hoț.
- caLa policia va capturar el lladre.
- enThe police captured the thief.
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