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"to notice" in seven languages

Meaningto notice

Spanish

notar

/noˈtaɾ/

learned

Darse cuenta (de) is 'to realize'.

French

remarquer

/ʁəmaʁke/

other source · re- + marquer 'to mark' (a Germanic root)

Italian

notare

/noˈtare/

learned

Accorgersi (di) is 'to realize'.

Portuguese

notar

/noˈtah/

learned

Perceber and reparar are just as common.

Romanian

observa

/obserˈva/

other source · Latin OBSERVĀRE (via French observer)

Catalan

notar

/nuˈta/

learned

English

notice

/ˈnoʊtɪs/

other source · Old French notice, from Latin NŌTITIA 'knowledge'

NŌTITIA and NOTĀRE belong to the same Latin family of 'knowing' words.

English → Italianto noticenotareNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: note, notation, notable.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

NOTĀRE‘to mark, write down (NOTA 'mark')’

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

The story

Spanish and Italian 'note' things; French 're-marks' them. Careful: French noter and Italian notare also mean 'to write down'.

English relatives: note, notation, notable

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In a sentence

  • es¿Has notado algo raro?
  • frTu as remarqué quelque chose de bizarre ?
  • itHai notato qualcosa di strano?
  • ptVocê notou alguma coisa estranha?
  • roAi observat ceva ciudat?
  • caHas notat res d'estrany?
  • enDid you notice anything strange?

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