"to reveal" in seven languages
Meaningto reveal
Spanish
revelar
/rebeˈlaɾ/
learned
Also 'to develop' a photo.
French
révéler
/ʁevele/
learned
Italian
rivelare
/riveˈlare/
learned
Portuguese
revelar
/heveˈlah/
learned
Romanian
dezvălui
/dezvəluˈi/
other source · dez- 'un-' + văl 'veil' (Latin VĒLUM)
The learned revela exists too, mostly for religion and photography.
Catalan
revelar
/rəbəˈla/
learned
English
reveal
/ɹɪˈvil/
from Latin/French · Old French reveler, from Latin
English → Italianto revealrivelareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REVĒLĀRE‘to unveil (VĒLUM 'veil')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To reveal is to pull back the veil (VĒLUM). Italian turns the prefix re- into ri-, as it does in many verbs.
English relatives: revelation, veil, unveil
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In a sentence
- esNunca reveló su secreto.
- frIl n'a jamais révélé son secret.
- itNon ha mai rivelato il suo segreto.
- ptEle nunca revelou seu segredo.
- roNu și-a dezvăluit niciodată secretul.
- caMai no va revelar el seu secret.
- enHe never revealed his secret.
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