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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

semana de trabalho

Pronunciation / Transliteration: se-ma-na de tra-ba-lho

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Business week/ˈbɪz.nɪs wiːk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A semana de trabalho padrão é de segunda a sexta-feira."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The period of five days from Monday through Friday, traditionally devoted to commercial and industrial operations.

    "Most corporate offices operate on a standard business week running from Monday to Friday."
  2. 2

    A designated week featuring events, conferences, or promotional activities centered around commerce, trade, and enterprise.

    "The city hosted an international business week to attract foreign investment and startup partnerships."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'business', originating from Old English 'bīsignes' meaning anxiety or occupation, and 'week', from Proto-Germanic '*wikōn' denoting a succession of seven days. Originally referring to the traditional five-day period during which commercial and professional activities are conducted, it evolved in the 20th century to also represent specific periods of economic focus.

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