"worried" in seven languages
Meaningworried
Spanish
preocupado
/pɾeokuˈpado/
learned
French
inquiet
/ɛ̃kjɛ/
other source · learned, from Latin INQUIĒTUM 'restless'
fem.: inquiète
Préoccupé also exists, a little more formal.
Italian
preoccupato
/preokkuˈpato/
learned
Portuguese
preocupado
/pɾeokuˈpadu/
learned
Romanian
îngrijorat
/ɨnɡriʒoˈrat/
other source · from grijă 'care, worry', of Slavic origin
Catalan
preocupat
/pɾəukuˈpat/
learned
English
worried
/ˈwɝid/
native English · Old English wyrgan 'strangle'
English → ItalianworriedpreoccupatoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: preoccupied, occupy (PRAEOCCUPĀRE); inquietude, quiet (QUIĒTUS).What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PRAEOCCUPĀTUM‘seized beforehand’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian are 'preoccupied' — the mind seized in advance — which is stronger than English preoccupied. French is simply 'un-quiet'.
English relatives: preoccupied, occupy (PRAEOCCUPĀRE); inquietude, quiet (QUIĒTUS)
Learn it
In a sentence
- esMi madre está preocupada.
- frMa mère est inquiète.
- itMia madre è preoccupata.
- ptMinha mãe está preocupada.
- roMama mea e îngrijorată.
- caLa meva mare està preocupada.
- enMy mother is worried.