🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Incapacidade de falar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inkapasidaʒi dʒi faˈlaʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Speechlessness/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs.nəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele ficou em um estado de incapacidade de falar após a notícia."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being unable to speak, often due to shock, surprise, or strong emotion.

    "She was left in a state of speechlessness after receiving the unexpected news."
  2. 2

    A condition where one is rendered mute or unable to articulate thoughts.

    "His speechlessness in the face of such beauty was palpable."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'speechlessness' originates from the combination of 'speech', derived from Old English 'spǣc', meaning 'the faculty of expressing thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds', and the suffix '-lessness', indicating the absence of something. This term has evolved to describe a state of being unable to speak, often due to shock or overwhelming emotion.

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