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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

táxi

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈtak.si/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Taxi/ˈtæksi/
nounverbCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Chamamos um táxi para o aeroporto."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers for a fee, usually fitted with a taximeter.

    "We hailed a taxi outside the hotel to get to the airport on time."
As verb
  1. 1

    Of an aircraft: to move slowly along the ground under its own power before takeoff or after landing.

    "The airplane began to taxi toward the main runway."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Shortened from taxicab, combining 'taximeter' (derived from German 'Taxameter', ultimately from Medieval Latin 'taxa' meaning tax or charge) and 'cabriolet'. The term emerged in the early 20th century to describe automobile vehicles fitted with meters to measure fare based on distance and time traveled.

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