"to get, to obtain" in seven languages
Meaningto get, to obtain
Spanish
obtener
/obteˈneɾ/
learned
Rather formal; everyday Spanish says conseguir.
French
obtenir
/ɔptəniʁ/
learned
Italian
ottenere
/otteˈnere/
learned
Portuguese
obter
/obˈteh/
learned
In everyday speech conseguir is more common.
Romanian
obține
/obˈtsine/
borrowed · French obtenir, refashioned on Romanian ține
Catalan
obtenir
/uptəˈni/
learned
English
get
/ɡɛt/
other source · Old Norse geta
English → Italianto get, to obtainottenereNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: obtain, tenant, retain, contain.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
OBTINĒRE‘to hold on to, obtain’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
All three borrowed OBTINĒRE from written Latin and reshaped it to match their own 'to hold' (tener, tenir, tenere) — so they conjugate like it: obtengo, j'obtiens, ottengo.
English relatives: obtain, tenant, retain, contain
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In a sentence
- esObtuvo una beca.
- frElle a obtenu une bourse.
- itHa ottenuto una borsa di studio.
- ptEla obteve uma bolsa de estudos.
- roA obținut o bursă.
- caVa obtenir una beca.
- enShe got a scholarship.
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