🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

tecnologia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tek.nu.luˈʒi.ɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tech/tɛk/
nounadjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #850 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele trabalha com tecnologia da informação."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Machinery and devices developed from scientific knowledge; technology.

    "The company specializes in developing wearable health tech."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or involving technology, especially high technology.

    "She started a new job at a fast-growing tech startup in downtown Seattle."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived as an abbreviation of technology, which stems from the Greek technē meaning 'art, craft, skill,' combined with -logia. First emerging in the mid-20th century, the clipped form 'tech' rapidly transitioned from informal academic and industry slang to a ubiquitous global descriptor for digital and applied sciences.

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