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"to conclude" in seven languages

Meaningto conclude

Spanish

concluir

/konkluˈiɾ/

learned

French

conclure

/kɔ̃klyʁ/

learned

Past participle conclu, like exclure → exclu.

Italian

concludere

/konˈkludere/

learned

Past participle concluso.

Portuguese

concluir

/kõkluˈih/

learned

Romanian

conchide

/konˈkide/

learned

Latin CONCLŪDERE reshaped after the inherited închide 'to close'.

Catalan

concloure

/kuŋˈklɔwɾə/

learned

English

conclude

/kənˈklud/

from Latin/French · Latin CONCLŪDERE

English → Italianto concludeconcludereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONCLŪDERE‘to shut in, close up’

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

The story

CON- + CLAUDERE 'to close': to conclude is to close an argument. The learned cl- survives intact in all four, unlike Italian chiudere 'to close' from the same root.

English relatives: conclusion, include, exclude, close

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In a sentence

  • esLa policía concluyó que había sido un accidente.
  • frLa police a conclu qu'il s'agissait d'un accident.
  • itLa polizia ha concluso che si trattava di un incidente.
  • ptA polícia concluiu que tinha sido um acidente.
  • roPoliția a conchis că a fost un accident.
  • caLa policia va concloure que havia estat un accident.
  • enThe police concluded that it was an accident.

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