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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

disfare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dis-fah-re

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unpack/ʌnˈpæk/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #3400 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ho appena iniziato a disfare i bagagli."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To open a suitcase, box, or package and remove the contents.

    "She took an hour to unpack her bags after arriving at the hotel."
  2. 2

    To analyze or explain something complex in order to reveal its distinct parts or meaning.

    "The lecture helped us to unpack the main themes of the novel."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix un- (expressing reversal or removal) combined with the Middle English word packen, which relates to packing goods into a bundle. The term originally emerged in late Middle English to describe the opening of packaged cargo, later expanding in the 20th century to include the psychological and conceptual analysis of complex ideas.

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