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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

reiniciar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hei-ni-si-ar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Restart/ˌriːˈstɑːrt/
verbnounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"É preciso reiniciar o sistema."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To start something again after a pause, interruption, or stoppage.

    "We need to restart the engine after checking the oil levels."
As noun
  1. 1

    An act or instance of starting again, particularly a computer system or a sports game.

    "A quick system restart resolved the software glitch."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix re- (meaning 'again' or 'anew') combined with the verb start, which traces back to Middle English starten, of Germanic origin. The noun and verb forms emerged prominently in the late 19th and 20th centuries, heavily popularized by industrial machinery, computing, and digital technology.

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