No Matter How You Say It: Flexibility

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In Other Languages

Spanish – flexibilidad 

French – la flexibilité

German – flexibilität

Italian – flessibilità

Swedish – flexibilitet

Euskara –malgutasuna

Portugese – flexibilidade

In Other Languages

Spanish – confianza

French – fiabilité

German – Zuverlässigkeit

Italian – affidabilità

Swedish – pålitlighet

Welsh – dibyniaeth

Polish – rzetelność

 

Word Origin

Flexibility comes from Latin’s  flexibilis “that may be bent, pliant, flexible, yielding;” figuratively “tractable, inconstant,”

Can you see how being flexible can yield to change?

from Online Etymology Dictionary 

Sign Language

Flexible

Stubborn

Can you see how flexible is going with the flow like a tree blowing in the wind and stubborn looks like a closed mind, unable to change?

Flexibility Idioms

go with the flow

I’m all ears

swim with the tide

change horses mid-stream

roll with the punches