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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

embasbacado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: em-bas-ba-ca-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Enthralled/ɪnˈθrɔːld/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A plateia ficou embasbacada com o número de magia."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Captivated, charmed, or spellbound by something delightful or wondrous.

    "The audience sat enthralled as the master pianist performed the complex sonata."
  2. 2

    Holding someone's complete attention and interest.

    "Children remained enthralled throughout the entire magic show."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'enthral', combining the English prefix 'en-' (meaning to put in or into) and 'thrall' (meaning a slave or bondman, originating from Old Norse 'þrall'). Historically meaning to enslave or hold in bondage, the term underwent a major semantic shift by the 17th century to describe being mentally captured or captivated by something fascinating or beautiful.

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