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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Cultura

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kool-too-rah

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Culture/ˈkʌl.tʃər/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #350 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A cultura é uma parte importante da sociedade."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The social behavior and norms found in human societies.

    "The festival showcased the rich culture of the indigenous people."
  2. 2

    The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

    "She has a deep appreciation for classical music and literature as part of her cultural interests."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'cultura', stemming from 'colere' meaning to cultivate, till, or care for. The term expanded from agricultural meanings in the late medieval period to encompass the cultivation of the human mind, arts, and collective social behaviors by the 18th and 19th centuries.

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