🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

adiável

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a.diˈa.vɛw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Delayable/dɪˈleɪ.ə.bəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O prazo final não é adiável."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Capable of being delayed, postponed, or deferred to a later time.

    "The maintenance work on the server is delayable if we need more time for testing."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'delay' (from Middle English 'delaien', via Old French 'delier' from Latin 'dilare', meaning 'to spread out, put off'), combined with the suffix '-able' of Latin origin indicating capability or suitability.

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