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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

pausa pranzo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈpauza ˈprandzo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Meal break/ˈmiːl breɪk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"I dipendenti hanno diritto a una pausa pranzo di un'ora."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A brief intermission in an activity specifically dedicated to nourishment.

    "We paused our conference agenda to take a quick meal break."
  2. 2

    A scheduled period of time during a work shift or school day set aside for eating a meal.

    "Employees who work more than six hours are legally entitled to a mandatory meal break."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'meal' from Old English 'mǣl', meaning a fixed time or measured portion of food, and 'break' from Old English 'brecan', meaning to divide or interrupt. Together in modern labor contexts, it signifies a designated pause in the workday specifically allocated for eating.

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