🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

cajero automático

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cajero automático

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
ATM/ˌeɪ.tiːˈɛm/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Necesito encontrar un cajero automático para sacar dinero."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An electronic banking outlet that allows customers to complete basic transactions without the aid of a branch representative or teller.

    "I need to find an ATM to withdraw some cash before we go to the market."
  2. 2

    Asynchronous Transfer Mode, a telecommunications technology standard for digital data transmission.

    "The network infrastructure was upgraded to support ATM cells for high-speed data transfer."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'ATM' stands for 'Automated Teller Machine', which originated in the late 1960s. The concept evolved from earlier banking technologies and was popularized in the 1970s as a means to provide 24-hour banking services to customers.

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