🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

sonda

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈsonda

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Probe/proʊb/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El científico utilizó una sonda para recopilar datos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device used to explore or examine something, often in a scientific context.

    "The scientist used a probe to collect data from the distant planet."
As verb
  1. 1

    To investigate or explore something thoroughly.

    "The detective decided to probe deeper into the case."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin verb probare (to test, prove, or examine), which evolved from the Latin probus (good, honest). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a legal or quality testing process into a physical or investigative exploration, closely mirroring the Spanish 'tantear' (to test, feel out, or gauge).

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