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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

carregador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kah-heh-gah-dor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Charger/ˈtʃɑːr.dʒər/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2150 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Preciso encontrar meu carregador."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device used to supply electrical energy to an electrical device.

    "I need to find my phone charger before the battery dies."
  2. 2

    A horse trained for riding or carrying loads.

    "The charger galloped swiftly across the field."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'chargeur', meaning a large dish or plate, ultimately stemming from the Late Latin 'carricare', meaning to load. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a large platter or a warhorse to a device used to load electrical energy into batteries.

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