🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

tesoro

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /teˈzo.ro/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Treasure/ˈtrɛʒ.ər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La mappa indica dove è sepolto il tesoro."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A quantity of precious metals, gems, or other valuable objects.

    "The divers discovered a sunken ship filled with gold and silver treasure."
As verb
  1. 1

    To keep or store up something as valuable; to cherish or greatly prize something.

    "She will always treasure the memories of her childhood summers by the sea."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'treasure' originates from the Old French 'tresor', which in turn comes from the Latin 'thesaurus', meaning 'storehouse'. The term has evolved over centuries to encompass not just physical wealth but also metaphorical values such as love and knowledge.

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