🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

denaro guadagnato con il sudore della fronte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deˈnaːro ɡwadaɲˈɲato kon il suˈdore della ˈfronte

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hard-earned money/ˌhɑːrd ˈɜːrnd ˈmʌni/
noun phraseCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Vuole proteggere il suo denaro guadagnato con il sudore della fronte."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun phrase
  1. 1

    Money that has been earned through a great deal of effort, physical labor, or hard work.

    "She refused to waste her hard-earned money on low-quality products."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the Middle English 'hard' (from Old English 'heard'), meaning difficult or severe, with the past participle of 'earn' (from Old English 'earnian'), and 'money' (derived via Old French from Latin 'moneta'). It emerged as a colloquial compound phrase in modern English to emphasize the intense labor and toil required to acquire financial resources.

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🇫🇷French → English

argent gagné à la sueur de son front

Transliteration: ar-ʒɑ̃ ɡa-ɲe a la sɥœʁ də sɔ̃ fʁɔ̃

"Il ne veut pas risquer son argent gagné à la sueur de son front."

🇩🇪German → English

hart verdientes Geld

Transliteration: haʁt fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntəs ɡɛlt

"Sie gibt ihr hart verdientes Geld nur ungern für Luxus aus."

🇮🇹Italian → English

denaro guadagnato con il sudore della fronte

Transliteration: deˈnaːro ɡwadaɲˈɲato kon il suˈdore della ˈfronte

"Vuole proteggere il suo denaro guadagnato con il sudore della fronte."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

dinero ganado con esfuerzo

Transliteration: diˈneɾo ɡaˈnaðo kon esˈfweɾso

"Debes cuidar tu dinero ganado con esfuerzo."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

dinheiro suado

Transliteration: diˈɲejɾu suˈadu

"Ele gastou o seu dinheiro suado em algo inútil."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

गाढ़ी कमाई

Transliteration: gaadhī kamaaee

Script: हिंदी देवनागरी

"हमें अपनी गाढ़ी कमाई को सोच-समझकर खर्च करना चाहिए।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

血汗钱

Transliteration: xuè hàn qián

Script: 中文汉字

"这是他辛辛苦苦挣来的血汗钱。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

피땀 흘려 번 돈

Transliteration: pi-ttam heul-lyeo beon don

Script: 한국어 한글

"그는 피땀 흘려 번 돈을 사기당했다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

血汗の結晶

Transliteration: kekkan no kesshō

Script: 日本語

"それは彼の血汗の結晶である大切なお金です。"

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