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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

transportador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tɾɐ̃spuɾtɐˈdoɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Transporter/trænzˈpɔːr.tər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O transportador foi usado para mover a carga pesada."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person, vehicle, or system that carries or moves people or goods from one place to another.

    "The armored transporter delivered the security personnel safely to the facility."
  2. 2

    A protein or molecule that transports specific substances across a cell membrane.

    "Glucose transporters are essential for moving sugar molecules into cells for energy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English verb 'transport', originating from the Late Middle French 'transporter' and Latin 'transportare' (comprising 'trans-' meaning across + 'portare' meaning to carry). The agent suffix '-er' was added in Middle English to designate a person or device that carries or moves goods, people, or objects from one place to another.

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