Advertir

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for April 26, 2009

advertir (verb) — to warn, caution, advise, admonish, tip off, inform. Look up advertir in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/advertir)

Quédate aquí en la entrada y me adviertes si regresa ese hombre.
Stay here at the door and let me know if that man comes back.

[María José]

It also means to notice as in the examples below:
Darse cuenta de una cosa: nada más llegar, advirtieron que no eran bien recibidos.
Observar, percibir: en la imagen de la fotografía advertimos una gran variedad de efectos cromáticos.

[Jessica]

why does it look like "advertise" so much? -.-

[irmamar]

why does it look like "advertise" so much? -.-

Because English have a lot of words which come from Latin.:)

[Jessica]

yes that's true but...I still don't really understand

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

It's a false friend, Jessica. Meanings and usage in both languages are not actually related. :)

[Ambarina]

yes that's true but...I still don't really understand

Ok. Irmamar said that both "advertir" and "advertise" come from Latin.
One of the definitions in the RAE for advertir is "Llamar la atención de alguien sobre algo, hacer notar u observar" i.e. to make someone notice something, which is precisely what advertisers do.:)