On: Rouille

[strangemonad]

The colloquial translation for “a stop sign” in Quebec is “un arrêt stop”

[remram → strangemonad]

A stop stop? Doesn't even mention it's a sign?

[nephanth → remram]

Well in France, most people just say "un stop", you don't need to precise it is a sign, because it was originally a borrowed word

[bshimmin → nephanth]

"préciser" in English is "specify" in case that helps. (This has been a lovely thread!)

[nephanth → bshimmin]

Oups

[beeforpork → nephanth]

préciser = to precise

I like that. :-) Or maybe 'precisify'.

[nwatson → beeforpork]

On the other hand "precisar" in Portuguese is "to need", Spanish like French is "to specify" ... keeping a slew of these cognates straight between English/Spanish/Portuguese is a harder part of dealing with all three.

[laurentlbm → strangemonad]

I usually hear people say "un stop" or "un arrêt", not both.