Cognates across Romance, Maltese and Llanito

Cognates in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Maltese and Llanito

Compare how international words like ability, academy, electricity, telephone, university, zero and more appear in Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Maltese and Llanito, with English as a reference. Toggle columns, filter by any form, switch between table and cards, or focus on just two languages side by side.

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30 Cognates in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Maltese and Llanito

English	Portuguese	Spanish	French	Italian	Maltese	Llanito
ability	habilidade	habilidad	habileté	abilità	abilità	abìliti
academy	academia	academia	académie	accademia	akkademja	akàdemi
activity	atividade	actividad	activité	attività	attività	aktìviti
adjective	adjetivo	adjetivo	adjective	aggettivo	aġġettiv	àdjektiv
allergy	alergia	alergia	allergie	allergia	allerġija	alêhia
animal	animal	animal	animal	animale	annimal	animà
electricity	electricidade	electricidad	électricité	elettricità	elettriċità	elektrisidà
Europe	Europa	Europa	Europe	Europa	Ewropa	Uropa
gravity	gravidade	gravedad	gravité	gravità	gravità	gràviti
humid	húmido	húmedo	humide	umido	umdu	ùmedo
identity	identidade	identidad	identité	identità	identità	aidèntiti
important	importante	importante	important	importante	importanti	inportante
indication	indicação	indicación	indication	indicazione	indikazzjoni	indikeixon
international	internacional	internacional	international	internazionale	internazzjonali	intanàxonol
music	música	música	musique	musica	mużika	mùsika
number	número	número	nombre	numero	numru	nùmbero
position	posição	posición	position	posizione	pożizzjoni	pozixon
possibility	possibilidade	posibilidad	possibilité	possibilità	possibilità	posibìliti
prioridad	prioridade	prioridad	priorité	priorità	priorità	praiòriti
protection	proteção	protección	protection	protezione	protezzjoni	protekxon
radio	rádio	radio	radio	radio	radju	radio
reaction	reação	reacción	réaction	reazione	reazzjoni	riakxon
selection	seleção	selección	sélection	selezione	selezzjoni	selekxon
stupid	estúpido	estúpido	stupide	stupido	stupidu	tùpido
telephone	telefone	teléfono	téléphone	telefono	telefon	telèfono
television	televisão	televisión	télévision	televisione	televiżjoni	televixon
theatre	teatro	teatro	théâtre	teatro	teatru	teatro
university	universidade	universidad	université	università	università	iunivèsiti
variety	variedade	variedad	variété	varietà	varjetà	varàieti
zero	zero	cero	zéro	zero	żero	sero

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✧ Patterns to notice

Romance endings Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian often show predictable endings: -dade / -dad / -té / -tà in words like identity and possibility.

Maltese adaptations Maltese often adapts international vocabulary with Maltese spelling conventions, such as akkademja, mużika, pożizzjoni and televiżjoni.

Llanito spellings Llanito forms often reflect English and Spanish influence with local pronunciation-style spelling, such as abìliti, aktìviti and iunivèsiti.

Highly transparent words Words like animal, radio, teatro, Europa and zero remain especially easy to recognise across several columns.

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