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"to click (with a mouse)" in seven languages

Meaningto click (with a mouse)

Spanish

hacer clic

/aˈθeɾ klik/

borrowed · English click

Also cliquear, mainly in Latin America.

French

cliquer

/klike/

borrowed · English click

Italian

cliccare

/klikˈkare/

borrowed · English click

Portuguese

clicar

/kliˈkah/

borrowed · English click

Romanian

da clic

/da klik/

borrowed · English click

Also spelled click; a face clic is used too.

Catalan

clicar

/kliˈka/

borrowed · English click

Fer clic 'to make a click' is just as common.

English

click

/klɪk/

from Latin/French · imitative English word

English → Italianto click (with a mouse)cliccareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The ancestor

English click‘a short, sharp sound (imitative)’

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

The story

The mouse click arrived with the computer. French and Italian turned it into regular verbs (je clique, io clicco); Spanish mostly keeps it as a noun and 'makes' a click.

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In a sentence

  • esHaz clic en el enlace.
  • frClique sur le lien.
  • itClicca sul link.
  • ptClique no link.
  • roDă clic pe link.
  • caClica l'enllaç.
  • enClick on the link.

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