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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesflagelo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: flagelo
"A fome é um flagelo que afeta milhões de pessoas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
3 senses- 1
A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.
"Vaccines helped to eradicate the scourge of smallpox." - 2
A whip used as an instrument of punishment.
"He inflicted punishment upon himself with a heavy scourge."
- 1
To cause great suffering to.
"A country scourged by famine and war."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'scourge' originates from the Old French 'escorgier', which means to whip or to punish, derived from the Latin 'excoriare', meaning to strip the skin. Over time, it evolved to refer to a source of great suffering or destruction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Scourge" is said worldwide
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fléau
Transliteration: fléau
"Le chômage reste le grand fléau de notre époque."
Geißel
Transliteration: Geissel
"Krieg und Armut sind eine schwere Geißel der Menschheit."
flagello
Transliteration: flagello
"La corruzione è il flagello di questo paese."
flagelo
Transliteration: flagelo
"Debemos unirnos para combatir el flagelo del narcotráfico."
flagelo
Transliteration: flagelo
"A fome é um flagelo que afeta milhões de pessoas."
अभिशाप
Transliteration: abhishap
"गरीबी समाज के लिए एक बड़ा अभिशाप है।"
祸害
Transliteration: huòhài
"腐败是社会的严重祸害。"
골칫거리
Transliteration: golchitcheori
"전쟁은 인류의 가장 큰 재앙이자 골칫거리이다."
禍
Transliteration: wazawai
"戦争という禍が世界中を苦しめている。"
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