"to rest" in seven languages
Meaningto rest
Spanish
/deskanˈsaɾ/
other source · des- + cansar 'to tire', from Latin CAMPSĀRE 'to bend round'
French
/ʁəpoze/
inherited
Usually reflexive: se reposer.
Italian
/ripoˈsare/
inherited
Usually reflexive: riposarsi.
Portuguese
/deskɐ̃ˈsah/
other source · des- + cansar 'to tire', from Latin CAMPSĀRE 'to bend round'
Romanian
/odihˈni/
other source · Old Church Slavonic otŭdychnǫti 'to rest'
Reflexive: a se odihni.
Catalan
/dəskənˈsa/
other source · des- + cansar 'to tire', from Latin CAMPSĀRE 'to bend round'
Also reposar, the twin of reposer.
English
/ɹɛst/
native English · Old English restan
The Latin ancestor
REPAUSĀRE‘to pause again, to rest (Late Latin)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French and Italian 'pause again' (REPAUSĀRE, with AU → o: reposer, riposare, English repose); Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan stop being tired (descansar, from cansar). Romanian odihni is Slavic.
English relatives: repose, pause, pose
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In a sentence
- esNecesitas descansar.
- frTu as besoin de te reposer.
- itHai bisogno di riposarti.
- ptVocê precisa descansar.
- roTrebuie să te odihnești.
- caHas de descansar.
- enYou need to rest.