🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

peso emotivo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: [ˈpeːzo emoˈtiːvo]

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Emotional Burden/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl ˈbɜr.dən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il peso emotivo della sua responsabilità era evidente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A heavy psychological or spiritual weight caused by difficult feelings, responsibilities, or worries that creates significant mental or emotional distress.

    "Carrying the emotional burden of her family's financial struggles began to affect her health."
  2. 2

    The cumulative mental or emotional strain resulting from a challenging situation, relationship, or traumatic experience.

    "He felt the emotional burden of leadership, constantly making decisions that impacted many lives."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'emotional' derives from the Latin 'emotio', meaning 'a moving out', which evolved through Old French before entering English. 'Burden' comes from the Old English 'byrðen', meaning 'load' or 'weight', reflecting the historical context of carrying physical and metaphorical weights.

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