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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

dieta

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈdʒi.e.tɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Diet/ˈdaɪ.ət/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #850 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele começou uma nova dieta para perder peso."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.

    "A healthy diet should include plenty of fruit and vegetables."
  2. 2

    A special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons.

    "She went on a strict diet before the wedding."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English diete, originating from Old French diete, and ultimately from the Latin diaeta, meaning a way of life or regimen, which traces back to the ancient Greek diaita (lifestyle, diet). Historically, it referred broadly to a person's daily regimen or lifestyle before specializing in food and nutritional intake by the late medieval period.

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