🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

quadrado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kwaˈɾadʊ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Square/skwɛər/
nounadjectiveverbCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O jardim é em forma de quadrado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

    "The architect designed a beautiful square garden in the center of the park."
As verb
  1. 1

    To make something square or to adjust to a square shape.

    "He had to square the edges of the wooden table before finishing it."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'esquare', stemming from the Vulgar Latin *exquadrare 'to square', based on the Latin 'quadrus' meaning four-cornered or square. Over centuries, the meaning expanded from a geometric shape to architectural spaces, mathematical powers, and cultural idioms.

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