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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

aguardar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a.ɡwaɾˈdaɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Await/əˈweɪt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Estamos a aguardar a sua chegada."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To wait for something, especially a specific event or outcome.

    "We eagerly await the results of the competition."
  2. 2

    To be reserved or in store for someone in the future.

    "A warm welcome awaits you at the hotel."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'awaiten', combining the prefix 'a-' (intensifier) with 'waiten' (to watch, wait), originating from Old Northern French 'waitier'. Its roots trace further back to Germanic origins shared with the modern verb 'wake'.

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