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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

vía rápida

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈbi.a ˈra.pi.da/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fast-track/ˈfæst.træk/
nounverbadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El trámite fue aprobado por la vía rápida."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A route or course that provides for more rapid progress or success than is usual.

    "She was put on the fast-track to executive management within the company."
As verb
  1. 1

    To cause something to develop or progress much more quickly than usual.

    "The government decided to fast-track the approval process for the new renewable energy projects."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the railroad terminology where a 'fast track' was a bypass track allowing express trains to bypass slower local traffic. By the mid-20th century, the term metaphorical shifted into corporate and administrative contexts to denote a rapid route to success or expedited project execution.

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