🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

fora de serviço

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fora de serviço

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Off-Duty/ˈɔːf ˈdjuːti/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele está fora de serviço no fim de semana."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not engaged in work or duty; free from responsibilities.

    "After a long week, she was finally off-duty and ready to relax."
  2. 2

    Referring to a time when someone is not required to perform their job.

    "The police officer was off-duty when he witnessed the accident."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'off-duty' combines the prefix 'off', meaning 'not on', with 'duty', derived from the Old French 'deu' meaning 'owed' or 'obligation'. The phrase has evolved to denote a state of being free from work responsibilities, particularly in professions requiring shifts or on-call duties.

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