"to participate, take part" in seven languages
Meaningto participate, take part
Spanish
participar
/paɾtiθiˈpaɾ/
learned
Takes en: participar en algo.
French
participer
/paʁtisipe/
learned
Takes à: participer à quelque chose.
Italian
partecipare
/partetʃiˈpare/
learned
Takes a, and note the e: partecipare a qualcosa.
Portuguese
participar
/pahtʃisiˈpah/
learned
Romanian
participa
/partitʃiˈpa/
borrowed · French participer
Catalan
participar
/pərtisiˈpa/
learned
English
participate
/pɑɹˈtɪsəpeɪt/
from Latin/French · Latin PARTICIPĀRE
English → Italianto participate, take partpartecipareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PARTICIPĀRE‘to share in (PARS 'part' + CAPERE 'to take')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin glued PARS 'part' to CAPERE 'to take': literally 'to take part', which is also the plain English way to say it.
English relatives: participant, participle, part
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In a sentence
- esTodos participaron en el juego.
- frTout le monde a participé au jeu.
- itTutti hanno partecipato al gioco.
- ptTodos participaram do jogo.
- roToată lumea a participat la joc.
- caTothom va participar en el joc.
- enEveryone participated in the game.
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- to stealrobarvolerrubareroubarfurarobar
- to abandonabandonarabandonnerabbandonareabandonarabandonaabandonar
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