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"to vomit, to throw up" in seven languages

Meaningto vomit, to throw up

Spanish

vomitar

/bomiˈtaɾ/

learned

From the frequentative VOMITĀRE. Colloquially devolver.

French

vomir

/vɔmiʁ/

inherited

From VOMERE itself, moved to the -ir verbs. Slang: gerber.

Italian

vomitare

/vomiˈtare/

learned

From VOMITĀRE. Colloquially rimettere.

Portuguese

vomitar

/vomiˈtah/

learned

Romanian

vomita

/vomiˈta/

learned

Colloquially also vărsa 'to pour out'.

Catalan

vomitar

/bumiˈta/

learned

Colloquially also treure 'to bring out'.

English

vomit

/ˈvɑmɪt/

from Latin/French · Latin VOMITUS, partly via Old French vomite

English → Italianto vomit, to throw upvomitareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

VOMERE‘to vomit (frequentative VOMITĀRE)’

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

The story

French vomir is the old inherited verb; the others took Latin's frequentative VOMITĀRE, 'to keep throwing up', from medical books. Everyday speech softens it: devolver, rimettere 'to give back'.

English relatives: vomit

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In a sentence

  • esEl niño vomitó en el coche.
  • frL'enfant a vomi dans la voiture.
  • itIl bambino ha vomitato in macchina.
  • ptO menino vomitou no carro.
  • roCopilul a vomitat în mașină.
  • caEl nen ha vomitat al cotxe.
  • enThe child threw up in the car.

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