"to prepare" in seven languages
Meaningto prepare
Spanish
preparar
/pɾepaˈɾaɾ/
learned
French
préparer
/pʁepaʁe/
learned
Italian
preparare
/prepaˈrare/
learned
Portuguese
preparar
/pɾepaˈɾah/
learned
Romanian
pregăti
/pregəˈti/
other source · Slavonic prigotoviti 'to make ready'
Prepara exists, mostly for food, drinks and chemistry.
Catalan
preparar
/pɾəpəˈɾa/
learned
English
prepare
/pɹɪˈpɛɹ/
from Latin/French · French préparer / Latin PRAEPARĀRE
English → Italianto preparepreparareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PRAEPARĀRE‘to make ready beforehand’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned in all three: an inherited word would have softened the middle p (compare SAPERE → saber, savoir).
English relatives: preparation, repair, apparatus
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In a sentence
- esEstoy preparando la cena.
- frJe prépare le dîner.
- itSto preparando la cena.
- ptEstou preparando o jantar.
- roPregătesc cina.
- caEstic preparant el sopar.
- enI'm preparing dinner.
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