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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

em direção ao oeste

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ẽ di-re-sãw aw o-es-tʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Westbound/ˈwɛst.baʊnd/
adjectiveadverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O tráfego no sentido oeste está lento."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Traveling, moving, or heading toward the west.

    "All westbound traffic on the interstate is currently experiencing heavy delays."
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a direction toward the west.

    "The freight train headed westbound across the vast plains."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'west' combined with the suffix '-bound', originating from Old Norse 'búinn' meaning prepared or bound for a destination. The term emerged in the late Middle English period to describe travel or movement directed toward the setting sun or the western cardinal point.

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