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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" wrote:
> Now I undestand my mistake, sorry. pl> ll instead of ch, in
> Portuguese that pl->ch-.
Yup, that's why Spanish word "chato" `flat shaped (nose, object)`
is assumed to have made it in the language from an intermediary
Portuguese (or Gallician); of course, it reflects the same Latin
"plattus" as Spanish inherited "plato" `dish`, `plate`.
Regards,
Marius Iacomi