"to transfer" in seven languages
Meaningto transfer
Spanish
transferir
/tɾansfeˈɾiɾ/
learned
Also trasladar for moving people or offices.
French
transférer
/tʁɑ̃sfeʁe/
learned
Italian
trasferire
/trasfeˈrire/
learned
A bank transfer is a bonifico.
Portuguese
transferir
/tɾɐ̃sfeˈɾih/
learned
Romanian
transfera
/transfeˈra/
borrowed · French transférer
Catalan
transferir
/tɾənsfəˈɾi/
learned
English
transfer
/tɹænsˈfɝ/
from Latin/French · Latin TRANSFERRE
English → Italianto transfertrasferireCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TRANSFERRE‘to carry across’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
TRANSFERRE was irregular in Latin, so each sister moved it into a regular class: -ir in Spanish, -er in French, -ire in Italian, which also simplified trans- to tras-.
English relatives: transfer, translate, refer, offer
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In a sentence
- esAyer transferí el dinero.
- frJ'ai transféré l'argent hier.
- itIeri ho trasferito i soldi.
- ptTransferi o dinheiro ontem.
- roAm transferat banii ieri.
- caAhir vaig transferir els diners.
- enI transferred the money yesterday.
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