🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

órgão governamental

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈɔɾɡɐ̃w ɡu.vɛɾ.nɐ̃ˈtɐw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Government agency/ˈɡʌvərnmənt ˈeɪdʒənsi/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O órgão governamental é responsável pela saúde pública."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions.

    "The environmental protection agency enforced new emission standards for factories."
  2. 2

    A specialized body within a national or regional government created to execute particular public policies or services.

    "Travelers must clear customs and immigration handled by the national security agency."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'government', derived from the Old French 'gouvernement' and ultimately the Latin 'gubernare' (to steer, rule), with 'agency', from the Latin 'agentia' (office of an agent) stemming from 'agere' (to do, act). Established in modern political and administrative lexicon during the 19th and 20th centuries as the administrative apparatus of the state expanded.

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