🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

permanente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /peɾmɐˈnẽtɨ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Permanent/ˈpɜːr.mə.nənt/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Eles assinaram um contrato permanente."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Lasting or remaining unchanged for a indefinitely long time or forever.

    "Moving to a new country was a permanent change for her career and lifestyle."
As noun
  1. 1

    A chemical treatment and setting of the hair to make it curly or wavy for a long period.

    "She decided to get a permanent before attending the high school reunion."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'permanens', the present participle of 'permanere' meaning 'to remain to the end, endure'. It entered the English language in the late 15th century via Old French, maintaining its core sense of lasting indefinitely without significant change.

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