🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

aproximado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /a.pɾo.ksiˈma.du/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ballpark/ˈbɔːl.pɑːrk/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Me dê um valor aproximado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large sports stadium used primarily for playing baseball.

    "Thousands of fans filled the ballpark to watch the opening game of the season."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Providing a rough, general estimate or approximation that is close to the actual figure or requirement.

    "Can you give me a ballpark figure for how much the renovation will cost?"

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from American English in the late 19th century, combining 'ball' (referring to a baseball) and 'park' (an enclosed ground for sports). The figurative idiom 'in the ballpark' emerged mid-20th century, drawing an analogy from baseball where a hit that stays within the boundaries of the park, though not a home run, is reasonably close to the target area.

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