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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

fluência

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fluˈẽ.sjɐ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fluency/ˈfluː.ən.si/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A fluência em inglês é um requisito para esta vaga."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or condition of being able to speak or write a language easily, smoothly, and accurately.

    "Her remarkable fluency in Spanish allowed her to negotiate the contract without an interpreter."
  2. 2

    The ability to execute an action or movement smoothly and without hesitation.

    "The pianist played the complex sonata with incredible fluency and grace."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'fluentia', meaning flowing, from the verb 'fluere' (to flow). Entering English in the early 17th century, it initially denoted a smooth or flowing quality of speech or writing before expanding to describe proficiency in a language.

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