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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Privar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: priˈβaɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deprive/dɪˈpraɪv/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La nueva ley privará a muchos ciudadanos de sus derechos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To take something away from someone or something.

    "The new law will deprive many citizens of their rights."
  2. 2

    To withhold or remove a necessary item or condition.

    "The harsh winter deprived the region of essential supplies."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'deprivare', combining 'de-' (away, down) and 'privare' (to bereave, make private or single out). It entered Middle English via Old French in the 15th century, shifting from a legal sense of stripping of status to the general meaning of withholding something essential.

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