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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesaprovado
Pronunciation / Transliteration: aprovado
"O documento foi aprovado ontem."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Officially agreed to, accepted, or sanctioned as satisfactory or meeting required standards.
"The committee presented an approved budget for the upcoming fiscal year."
- 1
Past tense and past participle of approve; to formally give official sanction or agreement to something.
"The city council finally approved the construction of the new community center."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'approve', originating from the Late Middle English 'approven', via Old French 'aprover', and ultimately from the Latin 'approbare' (to prove, to assent to, to endorse). The root combines 'ad-' (to) and 'probare' (to test, find good, or esteem), evolving to signify official sanction or formal acceptance.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Approved" is said worldwide
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approuvé
Transliteration: apruve
"Le projet a été approuvé par la direction."
genehmigt
Transliteration: geh-ne-migkt
"Der Antrag wurde offiziell genehmigt."
approvato
Transliteration: approvato
"Il piano è stato approvato dal comitato."
aprobado
Transliteration: aprobado
"El presupuesto fue aprobado por unanimidad."
aprovado
Transliteration: aprovado
"O documento foi aprovado ontem."
स्वीकृत
Transliteration: sweekrit
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"प्रस्ताव को समिति द्वारा स्वीकृत कर लिया गया है।"
批准
Transliteration: pīzhǔn
Script: 中文汉字
"这项计划已经获得了批准。"
승인된
Transliteration: seung-in-doen
Script: 한국어 한글
"그 예산안은 승인되었습니다."
承認された
Transliteration: shōnin sareta
Script: 日本語
"計画は正式に承認されました。"
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