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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

impacto visual

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ĩˈpaɡ.tu viˈzuw/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Visual impact/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl ˈɪm.pækt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O projeto arquitetônico foi modificado para diminuir o impacto visual na paisagem urbana."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The effect that a building, structure, development, or intervention has on the visual character, scenic beauty, or overall appearance of a landscape and its viewers.

    "The proposed wind turbine farm was heavily criticized for its negative visual impact on the coastal landscape."
  2. 2

    The immediate and powerful impression created by the visual elements of a design, presentation, or artwork.

    "Using high-contrast typography and vibrant photography significantly increases the visual impact of the marketing campaign."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the adjective 'visual', originating from late Middle English via Late Latin 'visualis' (from Latin 'visus' meaning 'sight'), with the noun 'impact', derived from Latin 'impactus', the past participle of 'impingere' (to strike against). Together, the compound phrase emerged in contemporary environmental planning, architecture, and marketing during the mid-to-late 20th century to describe the perceptual effect that a physical object, structure, or event has on the visual quality of its surroundings or observer.

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🇫🇷French → English

impact visuel

Transliteration: /ɛ̃.paɡt vi.zɥɛl/

"L'architecte a évalué l'impact visuel du nouveau gratte-ciel sur le quartier historique."

🇩🇪German → English

visuelle Wirkung

Transliteration: /vɪˈzu̯ɛlə ˈvɪʁkʊŋ/

"Die Kommission prüfte die visuelle Wirkung der geplanten Industrieanlage auf das Landschaftsbild."

🇮🇹Italian → English

impatto visivo

Transliteration: /imˈpat.to viˈzi.vo/

"Dobbiamo ridurre al minimo l'impatto visivo della nuova infrastruttura turistica."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

impacto visual

Transliteration: /imˈpak.to biˈswal/

"El estudio de impacto visual es obligatorio antes de construir en zonas protegidas."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

impacto visual

Transliteration: /ĩˈpaɡ.tu viˈzuw/

"O projeto arquitetônico foi modificado para diminuir o impacto visual na paisagem urbana."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

दृश्य प्रभाव

Transliteration: drishya prabhava

"नई इमारत का शहर के सौंदर्य पर गहरा दृश्य प्रभाव पड़ेगा।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

视觉影响

Transliteration: shì jué yǐng xiǎng

"这项建筑工程对周围的自然环境产生了显著的视觉影响。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

시각적 영향

Transliteration: sigakjeok yeong-hyang

"우리는 새로운 교량이 주변 경관에 미치는 시각적 영향을 분석해야 합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

視覚的インパクト

Transliteration: shikakuteki inpakuto

"この広告塔は、その巨大さゆえに周辺の景観に対して強い視覚的インパクトを与えます。"

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