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"to manage (run, administer)" in seven languages

Meaningto manage (run, administer)

Spanish

gestionar

/xestjoˈnaɾ/

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Built on gestión ← Latin GESTIŌNEM; dirigir and administrar are also common.

French

gérer

/ʒeʁe/

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Italian

gestire

/dʒesˈtire/

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Built on the gest- stem of GERERE.

Portuguese

gerenciar

/ʒeɾẽsiˈah/

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Built on gerente 'manager' ← GERENTEM; European Portuguese prefers gerir.

Romanian

administra

/adminisˈtra/

other source · Latin ADMINISTRĀRE, via French administrer

Gestiona, from the GERERE family, is more bureaucratic.

Catalan

gestionar

/ʒəstiuˈna/

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English

manage

/ˈmænɪdʒ/

other source · Italian maneggiare 'to handle (a horse)', from mano 'hand'

English → Italianto manage (run, administer)gestireNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: gesture, digest, register (GERERE); manual, manoeuvre (manage).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

GERERE (part. GESTUM)‘to carry on, conduct’

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

The story

The sisters 'carry on' business with GERERE; English manage came from Italian horse-handling, maneggiare. So Italian gestire matches French gérer, not English manage.

English relatives: gesture, digest, register (GERERE); manual, manoeuvre (manage)

Sound laws at work

Initial I- (J-) and G before E, I

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In a sentence

  • esGestiona un pequeño hotel.
  • frElle gère un petit hôtel.
  • itGestisce un piccolo albergo.
  • ptEla gerencia um pequeno hotel.
  • roAdministrează un mic hotel.
  • caGestiona un petit hotel.
  • enShe manages a small hotel.

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