🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Alta

Pronunciation / Transliteration: al-ta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Discharge/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒ/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El hospital dará el alta al paciente una vez que esté estable."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To release or allow to flow out.

    "The hospital will discharge the patient once they are stable."
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of releasing or letting go.

    "The discharge of water from the dam was carefully monitored."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French 'descharger', combining the prefix 'des-' (expressing removal) and 'charger' (to load, from Late Latin 'carricare'). It entered the English language in the 14th century, initially meaning to unload a ship or burden, and subsequently expanded to cover the release of duties, patients, and energy.

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