🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

pragmático

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pragmático

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pragmatic/præɡˈmætɪk/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Precisamos ser pragmáticos nesta situação."

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As adjective
  1. 1

    Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

    "A pragmatic approach to solving the city's traffic problem."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Deriving from the Greek word pragmatikos, meaning 'fit for business' or 'concerned with matters', via Late Latin pragmaticus and French pragmatique. It entered the English language in the 16th century, originally denoting a busybody or state affair, later shifting in the 19th century under modern philosophy to describe a practical, consequence-oriented approach.

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