afford

Senso (Inglese)

1. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
2. (obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
3. (rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
4. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.

Concetti

permettersi

dare

fornire

permettere

offrire

passare

accendere

produrre

uscire

concedere

conferire

donare

sinonimi

give

produce

accord

allow

yield

bear

🐻

provide

grant

administer

confer

permit

render

admit

spare

furnish

impart

donate

leave

lend

let

supply

bestow

offer

treat

open

hand over

incur

indicate

manage

pass

pass on

pay

💸

present

purvey

put out

quarter

quit

serve up

spend

stand

succeed

suggest

switch on

tender

turn on

underquote

volunteer

vouchsafe

will

be possible

Traduzioni

donner

permitirse

gewähren

permettre

fournir

offrir

παρέχω

dar

proporcionar

dar

prover

entregar

donar

έχω τα μέσα

vermek

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/əˈfoɹd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: afforthen

Ereditato da inglese antico: forþian

Affine norse antico: forða

Affine islandese: forða

In summary

From Middle English afforthen, aforthen, avorthien, from earlier iforthen, iforthien, ȝeforthien, from Old English forþian, ġeforþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”), from Proto-Germanic *furþōną, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), equivalent to a- + forth. Cognate with Old Norse forða (“to forward oneself, save oneself, escape danger”), Icelandic forða (“to save, rescue”).