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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

paixão

Pronunciation / Transliteration: paixão

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Passion/ˈpæʃ.ən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #950 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O futebol é a sua maior paixão."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A strong and barely controllable emotion.

    "A man of fierce passions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin passio, meaning 'suffering' or 'enduring' (from patior, to suffer), originally referring to the sufferings of Jesus Christ. Over the centuries, the meaning shifted significantly through Middle English to denote any strong, overpowering emotion or enthusiasm, eventually encompassing intense romantic or creative drive.

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