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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Deputado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deh-poo-tah-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deputy/ˈdɛp.jə.ti/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O deputado falou sobre a nova legislação."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person appointed to assist a higher authority or to act in their place.

    "The deputy mayor will oversee the city council meeting in the mayor's absence."
  2. 2

    A representative or assistant in a specific role or function.

    "Each deputy in the organization is responsible for a different department."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French députer, originating from the Late Latin deputare meaning 'to allot, designate, or assign', which stems from Latin putare 'to reckon or clear up'. Over centuries, it evolved from signifying an assigned representative to a primary assistant holding delegated power.

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