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Re: Spanish form of 'Elizabeth'

by Lumia

4/10/2006, 9:16 AM

in reply to a message by MariaNikolaievnaRomanova

The Spanish form of Elizabeth is Elisabet or Isabel, a Medieval variant.

Usually, the English queens named Elizabeth, in Spanish are translated as Isabel (reina Isabel I and reina Isabel II) [in Spanish and in Catalan, kings and queens' names(and their consorts' names), Popes' names and ancient and Medieval personages' names are translated].

Lumia
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- MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma) +2

4/10/2006, 1:59 PM

Thank you and one more question :)

Thank you very much for your information! However, I have another question for you. I was doing more research on Elisabeth/Elizabeth at a Spanish web site and found the spelling 'Elisabete'. Is that a plausible variant of Elisabeth/Elizabeth in Spanish, or is Elisabet the only true Spanish cognate?

Thanks so much for your reply! :) You've settled curiosity, lol.

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- Lumia +1

4/11/2006, 1:48 AM

The form Elisabete is Portuguese.

I found that Elisabete is used in Basque as variant name of Elisabeti, the form used in the unificated biblical translation.

But Elisabete is not a Spanish veriant (it can be used by Spanish speaking people, just as Michael or John, but this don't make Spanish a nem).

Lumia
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- MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma)

4/11/2006, 1:04 PM

Thank you so much once again.

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