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"to injure" in seven languages

Meaningto injure

Spanish

herir

/eˈɾiɾ/

inherited

Sports injuries: lesionarse.

French

blesser

/blese/

other source · Old French blecier, probably Frankish

Italian

ferire

/feˈrire/

inherited

Portuguese

ferir

/feˈɾih/

inherited

Romanian

răni

/rəˈni/

other source · Romanian rană 'wound', from Slavic rana

Catalan

ferir

/fəˈɾi/

inherited

English

injure

/ˈɪndʒɚ/

other source · back-formed from injury (Anglo-French injurie, Latin INIŪRIA 'wrong')

English → Italianto injureferireNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: interfere.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

FERĪRE‘to strike’

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

The story

Spanish herir is FERĪRE with the classic f → h, and the h is silent. False friends: Spanish injuria and French injure mean an insult.

English relatives: interfere

Sound laws at work

Spanish initial F- becomes h- (silent)

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In a sentence

  • esTres personas resultaron heridas en el accidente.
  • frTrois personnes ont été blessées dans l'accident.
  • itTre persone sono rimaste ferite nell'incidente.
  • ptTrês pessoas ficaram feridas no acidente.
  • roTrei persoane au fost rănite în accident.
  • caTres persones van resultar ferides en l'accident.
  • enThree people were injured in the accident.

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