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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Desidratado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deh-zee-dra-ta-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dehydrated/diːˈhaɪ.dreɪ.tɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"As frutas desidratadas são ótimas para lanches."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having had the water removed; lacking moisture.

    "The dehydrated fruits were perfect for snacking on the hike."
  2. 2

    Referring to a state of excessive loss of water from the body.

    "After the long run, he felt dehydrated and needed to drink water."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'dehydrate', combining the prefix 'de-' (meaning down, away, or removal) with 'hydrate' (from Greek 'hydor', meaning water), entering scientific and medical English in the late 19th century. The past participle form is widely used as an adjective to describe a state of significant water loss in living organisms or substances.

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