Monday, March 6, 2017

What is Lent in other languages?

Day 5 of Lent: 

What is Lent in other languages?


Since Lent is practiced all over the world, there is a word for it in almost every language. In most languages they use a word that implies "forty."

Quaresima - deriving from the Italian word for forty (quaranta)

Cuaresma - deriving from the Spanish word for forty (cuarenta)

Carême - deriving from the French word for forty (quarante)

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