4 ms·
The colloquial translation for “a stop sign” in Quebec is “un arrêt stop”
by strangemonad 5y ago
The colloquial translation for “a stop sign” in Quebec is “un arrêt stop”
- remram 5y agoA stop stop? Doesn't even mention it's a sign?
- nephanth 5y agoWell in France, most people just say "un stop", you don't need to precise it is a sign, because it was originally a borrowed word
- beeforpork 5y agopréciser = to precise I like that. :-) Or maybe 'precisify'.
- nwatson 5y agoOn the other hand "precisar" in Portuguese is "to need", Spanish like French is "to specify" ... keeping a slew of these cognates straight between English/Spanish/Portuguese is a harder part of dealing with all three.
- bshimmin 5y ago"préciser" in English is "specify" in case that helps. (This has been a lovely thread!)
- nephanth 5y agoOups
- laurentlbm 5y agoI usually hear people say "un stop" or "un arrêt", not both.