Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The English word "kraken" (in the sense of sea monster) derives from Norwegian kraken or krakjen, which are the definite forms of krake ("the krake"). [6] [7]According to a Norwegian dictionary, the root meaning of krake is "malformed or overgrown, crooked tree". [8]
Reverso is a French company specialized in AI-based language tools, translation aids, and language services. [2] These include online translation based on neural machine translation (NMT), contextual dictionaries, online bilingual concordances, grammar and spell checking and conjugation tools.
The table below lists English-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-English loanwords, as well as loanwords from other modern languages that share the same orthography in both English and Spanish. In some cases, the common orthography resulted because a word entered the Spanish lexicon via English.
The Kraken, a boss in Tomb Raider: Underworld; Kraken, an enemy in the Clash of the Titans; Kraken, an enemy in Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb; Kraken, a boss in the game God of War II; Kraken, a boss in Lionhead Studios' Fable; Kraken, a boss in the game Pac-Man Party; Kraken, a monster in the game Evolve
¡Ay, caramba!" (pronounced [ˈaj kaˈɾamba]), from the Spanish interjections ay (denoting surprise or pain) and caramba (a minced oath for carajo), is an exclamation used in Spanish to denote surprise (usually positive).
Carmen is a unisex given name in the Spanish language. It has two different origins, with its first root used as a nickname for Carmel, from Hebrew karmel meaning "vineyard of God", [2] which is the name of a mountain range in the Middle East. The second origin is from Latin carmen, which means "song" and is also the root of the English word ...
Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g. Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives from Hebrew: מַרְיָם (maryām).
While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ]. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ( Georgios ) via Latin Georgius ; the former is derived from γεωργός ( georgos ), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker".