🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

meio período

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈme.ju peˈɾi.du

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Part-time/ˌpɑːtˈtaɪm/
adjectiveadverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #850 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela faz um trabalho de meio período."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    For only a portion of the usual working day or week.

    "She found a part-time job working at the local bookstore on weekends."
As adverb
  1. 1

    For part of the time; in a part-time capacity.

    "He prefers to work part-time so he can focus on his studies."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'part' (from Old French part, ultimately from Latin pars) and 'time' (from Old English tīd). The term emerged in the late 19th century as labor markets industrialized and formalized distinctions between full-day and fractional employment arrangements.

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