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"to propose" in seven languages

Meaningto propose

Spanish

proponer

/pɾopoˈneɾ/

learned

Conjugated like poner: propongo, propuse.

French

proposer

/pʁɔpoze/

other source · pro- + poser 'to put down' (Late Latin PAUSĀRE), modelled on PRŌPŌNERE

Italian

proporre

/proˈporre/

learned

Conjugated like porre: propongo, proposi.

Portuguese

propor

/pɾoˈpoh/

learned

Romanian

propune

/proˈpune/

learned

Conjugated like pune 'to put' (PŌNERE): propun, propui.

Catalan

proposar

/pɾupuˈza/

other source · pro- + posar 'to put' (Late Latin PAUSĀRE), like French proposer

English

propose

/pɹəˈpoʊz/

other source · Old French proposer

English → Italianto proposeproporreNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: proposal, proponent, purpose; pose, pause (fr).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PRŌPŌNERE‘to put forward’

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

The story

Spanish and Italian keep PŌNERE 'to put'; French rebuilt the verb on poser, from PAUSĀRE 'to pause', and English took the French shape.

English relatives: proposal, proponent, purpose; pose, pause (fr)

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In a sentence

  • esPropongo un brindis.
  • frJe propose de porter un toast.
  • itPropongo un brindisi.
  • ptProponho um brinde.
  • roPropun un toast.
  • caProposo un brindis.
  • enI propose a toast.

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