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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

casa de chá

Pronunciation / Transliteration: casa de chá

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Teahouse/ˈtiː.haʊs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Fomos a uma casa de chá muito bonita."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A place where tea is served and consumed, often in a social setting.

    "After a long day of sightseeing, we decided to relax at a charming teahouse in the city."
  2. 2

    A small establishment that specializes in serving various types of tea and light refreshments.

    "The teahouse offered a wide selection of herbal teas and pastries."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English words 'tea' (ultimately from Chinese Min Nan 'tê') and 'house' (from Old English 'hūs'). The compound reflects the establishment of dedicated social and commercial spaces for serving and drinking tea, mirroring traditional Asian cultural venues like the Chinese 'chaguan' and Japanese 'chashitsu'.

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