🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

desqualificação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: desqualificação

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disqualification/ˌdɪs.kwɒl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A desqualificação do atleta foi um grande choque para os fãs."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of disqualifying or the state of being disqualified.

    "His disqualification from the tournament was due to a violation of the rules."
  2. 2

    A condition that renders someone or something ineligible.

    "The disqualification of the athlete was a significant event in the competition."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'disqualification' is derived from the prefix 'dis-', meaning 'not' or 'opposite of', combined with 'qualification', which comes from the Latin 'qualificare', meaning 'to make of a certain quality'. The term evolved in the English language during the late 19th century to denote the state of being unqualified or ineligible for a position or task.

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