"to hang (something up)" in seven languages
Meaningto hang (something up)
Spanish
/kolˈɡaɾ/
other source · Latin COLLOCĀRE 'to place'
Also 'to hang up' the phone.
French
/pɑ̃dʁ/
inherited
For a picture or a coat, accrocher ('to hook') is more usual.
Italian
/apˈpɛndere/
other source · Latin APPENDERE 'to hang on, weigh out'
Portuguese
/pẽduˈɾah/
other source · a Portuguese formation on Latin PENDERE, of debated detail
Romanian
/aɡəˈtsa/
other source · of uncertain origin
Atârna is 'to hang' intransitively (to be hanging).
Catalan
/pənˈʒa/
other source · Vulgar Latin *PENDICĀRE, from PENDERE
English
/hæŋ/
native English · Old English hangian
The Latin ancestor
PENDERE‘to hang, to weigh’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish colgar is a worn-down COLLOCĀRE 'to place' — the same verb that became French coucher 'to lay down'. Italian and French hang with the PEND- family, like English pendant.
English relatives: pendant, pendulum, depend, suspend
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In a sentence
- esCuelga el abrigo aquí.
- frAccroche ton manteau ici.
- itAppendi il cappotto qui.
- ptPendure o casaco aqui.
- roAgață-ți haina aici.
- caPenja l'abric aquí.
- enHang your coat here.
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