"to express" in seven languages
Meaningto express
Spanish
expresar
/ekspɾeˈsaɾ/
learned
Built on the participle, like English. Exprimir means 'to squeeze' (juice).
French
exprimer
/ɛkspʁime/
learned
Italian
esprimere
/esˈprimere/
learned
Portuguese
expressar
/espɾeˈsah/
learned
Romanian
exprima
/ekspriˈma/
learned
Catalan
expressar
/əkspɾəˈsa/
learned
English
express
/ɪkˈspɹɛs/
from Latin/French · Old French expresser, from Latin EXPRESSUS (participle of EXPRIMERE)
English → Italianto expressesprimereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EXPRIMERE‘to press out, squeeze out’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To express a feeling is to 'press it out'. Spanish keeps both senses apart: expresar for words, exprimir for lemons. Italian simplifies x to s (esprimere).
English relatives: expression, press, pressure, impress
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esEs difícil expresar lo que siento.
- frC'est difficile d'exprimer ce que je ressens.
- itÈ difficile esprimere quello che provo.
- ptÉ difícil expressar o que eu sinto.
- roE greu să exprim ce simt.
- caÉs difícil expressar el que sento.
- enIt's hard to express what I feel.
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