"stop" as a loan-word in other languages?
Ben Crowell
word "stop" as a loan word, e.g., to tell a bus driver to stop. Am I
remembering right? I'm imagining that it's in the same category as
"okay" and "goal." I have a story in which I want the Portuguese-
speaking POV to figure out the meaning of "emergency stop," spoken
in English. Would Portuguese speakers commonly say "stop," or is it
too unnatural since it would have to be "estop" or something? I think
I remember it being used by French speakers, with the "o" gallicized.
Dan Goodman
At least partly depends on WHICH Portuguese speakers. Members of
Portuguese-speaking communities in the US or anglophone Canada; likely.
Brazilians: Maybe. Portuguese: Not likely, but possible.
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Ric Locke
> Ben Crowell wrote:
>
>> I think I recall hearing French speakers or Spanish speakers using the
>> word "stop" as a loan word, e.g., to tell a bus driver to stop. Am I
>> remembering right? I'm imagining that it's in the same category as
>> "okay" and "goal." I have a story in which I want the Portuguese-
>> speaking POV to figure out the meaning of "emergency stop," spoken
>> in English. Would Portuguese speakers commonly say "stop," or is it
>> too unnatural since it would have to be "estop" or something? I think
>> I remember it being used by French speakers, with the "o" gallicized.
>
> At least partly depends on WHICH Portuguese speakers. Members of
> Portuguese-speaking communities in the US or anglophone Canada; likely.
> Brazilians: Maybe. Portuguese: Not likely, but possible.
You might use "halt!" instead. It at least has cognates.
Regards,
Ric