"to explore" in seven languages
Meaningto explore
Spanish
explorar
/eksploˈɾaɾ/
learned
French
explorer
/ɛksplɔʁe/
learned
Italian
esplorare
/esploˈrare/
learned
Portuguese
explorar
/isploˈɾah/
learned
Romanian
explora
/eksploˈra/
learned
Catalan
explorar
/əkspluˈɾa/
learned
English
explore
/ɪkˈsplɔɹ/
from Latin/French · Latin EXPLŌRĀRE, via French
English → Italianto exploreesplorareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EXPLŌRĀRE‘to search out, scout’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned everywhere; Italian simply turns ex- into es- before a consonant (esplorare, esperto). Its link to PLŌRĀRE 'to cry out' is an old guess, not settled.
English relatives: exploration, explorer
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esExploramos el casco antiguo.
- frNous avons exploré la vieille ville.
- itAbbiamo esplorato il centro storico.
- ptExploramos o centro histórico.
- roAm explorat orașul vechi.
- caVam explorar el nucli antic.
- enWe explored the old town.