Romance Languages Word-Association Game

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Postby IpseDixit » 2016-03-29, 19:16

[flag=]it[/flag] contorno
outline

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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby linguoboy » 2016-03-29, 19:22

[flag=]ca[/flag] ploure
rain
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Antea » 2016-03-29, 19:30

[flag=]ca[/flag] neu

Snow

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Postby Olinguito » 2016-04-20, 18:56

Galician (gl) branco
white
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Dormouse559 » 2016-04-20, 19:06

[flag=]fr[/flag] pâlir
to go pale
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Levike » 2016-04-20, 19:07

Dormouse559 wrote:to go pale

Is it valid in English to say "to pale"?

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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby linguoboy » 2016-04-20, 19:18

Levike wrote:
Dormouse559 wrote:to go pale

Is it valid in English to say "to pale"?

It is, but IME it's more often used figuratively.
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Dormouse559 » 2016-04-20, 19:19

Levike wrote:Can't you simply say "to pale" in English?
Sometimes. But I think "to pale" gets most of its use in "to pale in comparison to something". Outside of that, "to pale" is kind of formal. "To go pale" is the more neutral choice for me.
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby linguoboy » 2016-04-20, 19:26

[flag=]ca[/flag] patir
to suffer
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Dormouse559 » 2016-04-20, 19:33

Ligurian (lij)
pain
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Antea » 2016-04-20, 20:47

[flag=]ca[/flag] farina

Flour

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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Dormouse559 » 2016-04-20, 21:15

Ligurian (lij) chêuxe in fórno
to bake
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Antea » 2016-04-20, 21:24

[flag=]ca[/flag] pastís

Cake

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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Levike » 2016-04-20, 21:25

[flag=]ro[/flag] dulciuri

sweets

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Postby IpseDixit » 2016-04-20, 22:06

[flag=]it[/flag] metformina
metformin

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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Dormouse559 » 2016-04-21, 2:53

[flag=]fr[/flag] médicament
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Antea » 2016-04-21, 5:56

[flag=]ca[/flag] metge

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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby linguoboy » 2016-04-21, 16:22

[flag=]ca[/flag] fetge
liver
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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Antea » 2016-04-21, 20:20

[flag=]ca[/flag] jutge

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Re: Romance Languages Word-Association Game

Postby Levike » 2016-04-21, 20:48

[flag=]ro[/flag] proces

trial


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