Re: Lexical differences between Spanish and Portuguese


"Ekkehard Dengler" <ED-RS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...

John Atkinson wrote:

(No
doubt chaga/praga = llaga/plaga; is chata/prata = llanta/planta?.)

Not quite. Port. "chato" ("annoying") derives from Lat. "platus", as does
"prato" ("plate"), while "prata" ("silver") corresponds to Sp. "plata".

Yes, I realised that as soon as I read Ruud's web-page properly!

I was stupid not to think of "plata" in the first place.

John.

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