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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

excesivo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ek.seˈsi.βo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Excessive/ɪkˈsɛs.ɪv/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El calor de hoy es excesivo para salir a correr."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    More than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate.

    "The company faced criticism for charging excessive fees for standard services."
  2. 2

    Greater in size, amount, or degree than what is reasonable or lawful.

    "She had to pay a fine for driving at an excessive speed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin excessivus, stemming from excedere (to go out, depart, exceed), formed from ex- (out) + cedere (to go). Entering Middle French and Middle English in the 15th century, the term originally denoted going beyond normal limits or bounds before settling into its modern economic and quantitative descriptive meanings.

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