In preparation for my trip to Brazil, I’ve been studying Portuguese.
Last night, I was fascinated to realize that the verb in “to lose weight,” the verb in “to lose a game,” and the verb in “to be lost” are all the same (peder). Okay, sure, they’re all the same in English too, but there’s no inherent reason for a language to make the opposite of gain, the opposite of win, and the opposite of find the same word.
Fascinating.
