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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

infusor

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ĩ.fuˈzoʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Infuser/ˈɪn.fjuː.zər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #28400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O infusor de chá é feito de aço inoxidável."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device, such as a container or basket, used for steeping tea leaves, herbs, or fruit in liquid to extract their flavor.

    "She placed loose-leaf green tea into the metal infuser inside her mug."
  2. 2

    A vessel designed to add flavors from fruits or botanicals to water or other beverages over time.

    "The water bottle features a built-in infuser for adding fresh lemon and mint."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb infuse, originating from the Late Latin infus- (stem of infundere), meaning 'to pour in or upon'. Formed by adding the agent suffix -er to denote a device or person that performs the action of steeping or extracting flavors.

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