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"to inform" in seven languages

Meaningto inform

Spanish

informar

/infoɾˈmaɾ/

learned

French

informer

/ɛ̃fɔʁme/

learned

Italian

informare

/inforˈmare/

learned

Portuguese

informar

/ĩfohˈmah/

learned

Romanian

informa

/inforˈma/

learned

Catalan

informar

/imfuɾˈma/

learned

English

inform

/ɪnˈfɔɹm/

from Latin/French · Old French enformer, Latin INFORMĀRE

English → Italianto informinformareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

INFORMĀRE‘to give shape to; to instruct’

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

The story

To inform someone is literally to 'put a shape into' their mind. The four verbs are learned and nearly identical; 'well informed' is bien informado, bien informé, ben informato.

English relatives: information, informal, form

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In a sentence

  • esPor favor, infórmenos de cualquier cambio.
  • frMerci de nous informer de tout changement.
  • itVi preghiamo di informarci di qualsiasi cambiamento.
  • ptPor favor, informe-nos de qualquer mudança.
  • roVă rugăm să ne informați despre orice schimbare.
  • caSi us plau, informeu-nos de qualsevol canvi.
  • enPlease inform us of any change.

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