"to represent" in seven languages
Meaningto represent
Spanish
representar
/repɾesenˈtaɾ/
learned
French
représenter
/ʁəpʁezɑ̃te/
learned
Italian
rappresentare
/rapprezenˈtare/
learned
Italian rewrites the prefix as rap- and doubles the p.
Portuguese
representar
/hepɾezẽˈtah/
learned
Romanian
reprezenta
/reprezenˈta/
learned
Catalan
representar
/rəpɾəzənˈta/
learned
English
represent
/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt/
from Latin/French · Old French representer, from Latin
English → Italianto representrappresentareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REPRAESENTĀRE‘to make present again, show’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Literally 'to make present again'. Latin AE became plain e in all three, and all three also use the verb for staging a play.
English relatives: present, presentation
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In a sentence
- esEste cuadro representa el mar.
- frCe tableau représente la mer.
- itQuesto quadro rappresenta il mare.
- ptEsta pintura representa o mar.
- roAcest tablou reprezintă marea.
- caAquest quadre representa el mar.
- enThis painting represents the sea.
More words from the same Latin
More in Core verbs
- to achieve (a goal)lograratteindreraggiungerealcançaratingeaconseguir
- to afford (have the money for)permitirsese permettrepermettersiter condições (de)permite (își)permetre's
- to assume (suppose)suponersupposersupporresuporpresupunesuposar
- to chatcharlarbavarderchiacchierareconversarsta de vorbăxerrar
- to preferpreferirpréférerpreferirepreferirpreferapreferir
- to tend (to)tendertendretenderetendertindetendir