"to declare" in seven languages
Meaningto declare
Spanish
declarar
/deklaˈɾaɾ/
learned
French
déclarer
/deklaʁe/
learned
Italian
dichiarare
/dikjaˈrare/
inherited
Italian gives it the popular cl → chi, as in chiaro 'clear'.
Portuguese
declarar
/deklaˈɾah/
learned
Inherited cl- became ch- in Portuguese (CLĀVEM → chave); the learned word kept cl.
Romanian
declara
/deklaˈra/
learned
Catalan
declarar
/dəkləˈɾa/
learned
English
declare
/dɪˈklɛɹ/
from Latin/French · Old French declarer / Latin DĒCLĀRĀRE
English → Italianto declaredichiarareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DĒCLĀRĀRE‘to make clear’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To declare is to 'make clear' (CLĀRUS). Spanish and French kept the Latin cl; Italian turned it into chi, just as CLĀRUM became chiaro.
English relatives: clear, clarify, declaration
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In a sentence
- es¿Tiene algo que declarar?
- frVous avez quelque chose à déclarer ?
- itHa qualcosa da dichiarare?
- ptO senhor tem algo a declarar?
- roAveți ceva de declarat?
- caTé res a declarar?
- enDo you have anything to declare?
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