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I don't see the point of this article... Two things in different languages have similar names. so what? Portugal's Constipacao isn't English's Constipation I

by Elvie 7y ago

I don't see the point of this article... Two things in different languages have similar names. so what? Portugal's Constipacao isn't English's Constipation Italy's Carrozza isn't Portuguese's Carroca Spanish Embarazada isn't English Embarassed...

forinti 7y ago
But but but constipação and constipation are the same thing.
- Elvie 7y ago
  One is a cold The other is well, constipation... if you say in Portugal you have 'a constipação' you mean you have a cold... https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constipa%C3%A7%C3%A3o https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constipa%C3%A7%C3%A3o links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold
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  - forinti 7y ago
    I see. In Brazil constipação has both meanings, although it's mostly used with the same meaning as the English version.
    - Elvie 7y ago
      Well, I have learnt something new today... In Portugal it would be Obstipacao or Prisao de Ventre
    - andredz 7y ago
      In Spanish constipado means a cold or having a cold but according to the DRAE constipación de vientre means well… constipation. Or you could use resfriado which means a cold but also contains the lexical morpheme/root -fri- (frío which means cold) so it might sound nicer and be easier to remember.
portuga 7y ago
To add to your examples, in portuguese (and no other language I know of) the word "exquisit" (in portuguese: esquesito) means something odd, awkward. In all other languages it means a delicacy or something really delicious. I'm sure we were the ones to corrupt the meaning, perhaps for the common folk those delicacies were so rare or unattainable that they would be "odd" food.
glormph 7y ago
Although they share origins, Italian calzone is not Swedish kalsonger, Swedish husbonde is not English husband.
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andredz 7y ago
Other examples would be: Spanish oficina (office) and Portuguese oficina (workshop). Spanish largo (long) and Portuguese largo (wide) or even music's largo (slow), although the music one is probably part of most languages by now so it's a matter of semantics. Spanish asignatura (subject) and Portuguese assinatura (signature). Spanish carpeta (folder) and English carpet (alfombra). Spanish librería (bookstore) and English library (biblioteca). Spanish parientes (relatives) and English parents (padres).
JoeAltmaier 7y ago
Because one came from the other?

by Elvie 7y ago

forinti 7y ago

But but but constipação and constipation are the same thing.

Elvie 7y ago
One is a cold The other is well, constipation... if you say in Portugal you have 'a constipação' you mean you have a cold... https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constipa%C3%A7%C3%A3o https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constipa%C3%A7%C3%A3o links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold
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- forinti 7y ago
  I see. In Brazil constipação has both meanings, although it's mostly used with the same meaning as the English version.
  - Elvie 7y ago
    Well, I have learnt something new today... In Portugal it would be Obstipacao or Prisao de Ventre
  - andredz 7y ago
    In Spanish constipado means a cold or having a cold but according to the DRAE constipación de vientre means well… constipation. Or you could use resfriado which means a cold but also contains the lexical morpheme/root -fri- (frío which means cold) so it might sound nicer and be easier to remember.

portuga 7y ago

To add to your examples, in portuguese (and no other language I know of) the word "exquisit" (in portuguese: esquesito) means something odd, awkward. In all other languages it means a delicacy or something really delicious. I'm sure we were the ones to corrupt the meaning, perhaps for the common folk those delicacies were so rare or unattainable that they would be "odd" food.

glormph 7y ago

Although they share origins, Italian calzone is not Swedish kalsonger, Swedish husbonde is not English husband.

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andredz 7y ago

Other examples would be: Spanish oficina (office) and Portuguese oficina (workshop). Spanish largo (long) and Portuguese largo (wide) or even music's largo (slow), although the music one is probably part of most languages by now so it's a matter of semantics. Spanish asignatura (subject) and Portuguese assinatura (signature). Spanish carpeta (folder) and English carpet (alfombra). Spanish librería (bookstore) and English library (biblioteca). Spanish parientes (relatives) and English parents (padres).

JoeAltmaier 7y ago

Because one came from the other?