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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Propriedade pública

Pronunciation / Transliteration: propriedade pública

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Government property/ˈɡʌv.ərn.mənt ˈprɒp.ɚ.ti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A propriedade pública é vital para a sociedade."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Assets or resources owned by a government, including land, buildings, and other physical or intangible assets.

    "The government property was used to build a new community center."
  2. 2

    Any item or asset that is legally owned by a governmental body.

    "The maintenance of government property is crucial for public services."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English 'government' (ultimately from Latin gubernare, to steer/rule) combined with 'property' (from Latin proprietas, an owner's right or quality). It evolved as a legal and administrative term in early modern statecraft to delineate assets owned collectively by the public and managed by governing institutions.

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