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"to update" in seven languages

Meaningto update

Spanish

actualizar

/aktwaliˈθaɾ/

other source · actual 'current' ← Latin ACTUĀLIS

French

mettre à jour

/mɛtʁ a ʒuʁ/

inherited

Actualiser is also used, especially for refreshing a page.

Italian

aggiornare

/addʒorˈnare/

inherited

Built on giorno 'day': aggiornamento is 'an update'.

Portuguese

atualizar

/atwaliˈzah/

other source · atual 'current' ← Latin ACTUĀLIS

Romanian

actualiza

/aktualiˈza/

other source · French actualiser, from actuel ← Latin ACTUĀLIS

Catalan

actualitzar

/əktuəlidˈza/

other source · actual 'current' ← Latin ACTUĀLIS

English

update

/ʌpˈdeɪt/

other source · up + date (date via French from Latin DATA)

English → Italianto updateaggiornareNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: journal, journey, diurnal.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

DIURNUM‘of the day (DIĒS)’

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

The story

French and Italian bring something 'up to the day' (jour, giorno); Spanish makes it 'current', actual, a false friend of English actual.

English relatives: journal, journey, diurnal

Sound laws at work

Initial I- (J-) and G before E, I

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In a sentence

  • esTienes que actualizar la aplicación.
  • frTu dois mettre à jour l'application.
  • itDevi aggiornare l'app.
  • ptVocê precisa atualizar o aplicativo.
  • roTrebuie să actualizezi aplicația.
  • caHas d'actualitzar l'aplicació.
  • enYou need to update the app.

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