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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

proibição

Pronunciation / Transliteration: proibição

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Prohibition/ˌproʊ.hɪˈbɪʃ.ən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A proibição do uso de celulares na escola é necessária."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of forbidding something, especially by law.

    "The strict prohibition of alcohol led to a rise in smuggling."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'prohibitio', stemming from 'prohibere' (to hold back, forbid), composed of 'pro-' (forth, before) and 'habere' (to have, hold). It entered Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, initially possessing legal and ecclesiastical senses before expanding to general acts of forbidding.

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