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"to expose (to sun, danger)" in seven languages

Meaningto expose (to sun, danger)

Spanish

exponer

/ekspoˈneɾ/

learned

French

exposer

/ɛkspoze/

learned

Also 'to exhibit': exposer des tableaux.

Italian

esporre

/esˈporre/

learned

Portuguese

expor

/esˈpoh/

learned

Romanian

expune

/eksˈpune/

learned

Catalan

exposar

/əkspuˈza/

learned

English

expose

/ɪkˈspoʊz/

from Latin/French · French exposer

English → Italianto expose (to sun, danger)esporreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

EXPŌNERE‘to put out, set forth’

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

The story

EX 'out' + PŌNERE 'to put': to put something out in the open. French refitted the verb on poser, and English took the French shape.

English relatives: exposure, exponent, exposition

Sound laws at work

Italian assimilates clusters

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In a sentence

  • esNo expongas al bebé al sol.
  • frN'exposez pas le bébé au soleil.
  • itNon esporre il bambino al sole.
  • ptNão exponha o bebê ao sol.
  • roNu expuneți bebelușul la soare.
  • caNo exposis el nadó al sol.
  • enDon't expose the baby to the sun.

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