🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

tanto mais

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tantu majʃ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
All the more/ˌɔːl ðə ˈmɔːr/
adverbial phraseCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Fiquei tanto mais determinado a vencer."

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1 sense
As adverbial phrase
  1. 1

    Even more; to a greater extent because of a specified reason.

    "I was all the more determined to succeed after facing that initial setback."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English constructions combining Old English 'eall' (all) and 'māra' (more). The phrase evolved idiomatically to emphasize an increase in degree or intensity due to a specific reason or circumstance.

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