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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

aplaudir

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a-pla-u-dir

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cheer/tʃɪər/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2340 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O público aplaudiu a performance."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To shout for joy or in praise or encouragement.

    "The crowd cheered as the team scored the winning goal."
As noun
  1. 1

    A shout of joy or encouragement.

    "The cheer from the audience filled the stadium."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'chere' meaning 'face', 'countenance', or 'expression', originating from Late Latin 'cara', which likely comes from the Greek 'kara' meaning 'head'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from facial expression to one's frame of mind or mood, eventually specializing into an expression of joy, encouragement, and applause.

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