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"to ignore (pay no attention to)" in seven languages

Meaningto ignore (pay no attention to)

Spanish

ignorar

/ignoˈɾaɾ/

learned

Also, and originally, 'not to know': ignoro su nombre.

French

ignorer

/iɲɔʁe/

learned

J'ignore pourquoi means 'I don't know why', not 'I ignore why'.

Italian

ignorare

/iɲɲoˈrare/

learned

Both senses, like Spanish.

Portuguese

ignorar

/iɡnoˈɾah/

learned

Romanian

ignora

/iɡnoˈra/

learned

Catalan

ignorar

/iɡnuˈɾa/

learned

English

ignore

/ɪgˈnɔɹ/

from Latin/French · French ignorer, from Latin

English → Italianto ignore (pay no attention to)ignorareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

IGNŌRĀRE‘not to know’

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

The story

The Latin verb means 'not to know', and the sisters still use it that way; the sense 'pay no attention to' is newer and now common in all three.

English relatives: ignorant, ignorance

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In a sentence

  • esIgnoró mi mensaje.
  • frElle a ignoré mon message.
  • itHa ignorato il mio messaggio.
  • ptEla ignorou minha mensagem.
  • roMi-a ignorat mesajul.
  • caVa ignorar el meu missatge.
  • enShe ignored my message.

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