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"to promote (encourage, publicize)" in seven languages

Meaningto promote (encourage, publicize)

Spanish

promover

/pɾomoˈbeɾ/

learned

Conjugated like mover: promueve. A promotion at work is un ascenso.

French

promouvoir

/pʁɔmuvwaʁ/

learned

Conjugated like mouvoir: il promeut.

Italian

promuovere

/proˈmwɔvere/

learned

Conjugated like muovere; also 'to pass (a student)'.

Portuguese

promover

/pɾomoˈveh/

learned

Romanian

promova

/promoˈva/

learned

Also 'to pass (an exam, a school year)', as in Italian.

Catalan

promoure

/pɾuˈmɔwɾə/

learned

Conjugated like moure: promou.

English

promote

/pɹəˈmoʊt/

from Latin/French · Latin PRŌMOVĒRE (participle PRŌMŌTUS)

English → Italianto promote (encourage, publicize)promuovereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PRŌMOVĒRE‘to move forward’

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

The story

Each sister refitted the Latin verb to its own word for 'move' (mover, mouvoir, muovere), so it conjugates like it. English built promote on the participle PRŌMŌTUS.

English relatives: promotion, motion, move, motor

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In a sentence

  • esLa campaña promueve una alimentación sana.
  • frLa campagne promeut une alimentation saine.
  • itLa campagna promuove un'alimentazione sana.
  • ptA campanha promove uma alimentação saudável.
  • roCampania promovează o alimentație sănătoasă.
  • caLa campanya promou una alimentació sana.
  • enThe campaign promotes healthy eating.

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