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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

congestionamento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: congestionamento

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Congestion/kənˈdʒɛs.tʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O congestionamento na ponte está terrível hoje."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being crowded and full of traffic, or of people or things, blocking movement.

    "The new bridge should help relieve traffic congestion in the city center."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'congestionem', meaning 'a accumulation or gathering together', originating from 'congerere' (com- 'together' + gerere 'to bring'). It entered the English language in the late 16th century initially denoting a physical accumulation, later evolving to describe blocked traffic or physiological stuffiness.

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