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"to limit, to restrict" in seven languages

Meaningto limit, to restrict

Spanish

limitar

/limiˈtaɾ/

learned

French

limiter

/limite/

learned

Italian

limitare

/limiˈtare/

learned

Portuguese

limitar

/limiˈtah/

learned

Romanian

limita

/limiˈta/

learned

Catalan

limitar

/limiˈta/

learned

English

limit

/ˈlɪmɪt/

from Latin/French · Old French limiter, from Latin LĪMITĀRE

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

The Latin ancestor

LĪMITĀRE‘to fix a boundary (LĪMES, LĪMITEM 'border path')’

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

The story

A Latin LĪMES was the path or ditch marking the edge of a field — and later the fortified frontier of the Empire.

English relatives: limit, limitation, limitless

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In a sentence

  • esTenemos que limitar los gastos.
  • frNous devons limiter les dépenses.
  • itDobbiamo limitare le spese.
  • ptTemos que limitar os gastos.
  • roTrebuie să limităm cheltuielile.
  • caHem de limitar les despeses.
  • enWe have to limit spending.

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