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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

pantera

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pɐ̃tɛɾɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Panther/ˈpæn.θər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A pantera é conhecida por sua força e agilidade."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large carnivorous feline of the cat family, especially a leopard or jaguar that has a black coat resulting from a melanistic color variant.

    "The sleek black panther moved silently through the dense jungle shadows."
  2. 2

    Any of various large wild cats of the genus Panthera, including lions, tigers, jaguars, and leopards.

    "Early naturalists classified several roaring cats under the broad umbrella of the panther family."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin panthera, which traces back to the ancient Greek panthēr (πάνθηρ). The term historically combined 'pan-' meaning 'all' and 'ther' meaning 'wild beast', originally referring to various spotted large cats before becoming specialized in modern usage.

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