🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

arraigado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: arraigado

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
entrenched/ɪnˈtrentʃt/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Estes preconceitos estão profundamente arraigados na sociedade."

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As adjective
  1. 1

    Firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.

    "It is very difficult to change entrenched attitudes in society."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'entrench' (mid-16th century: from en- 'in, within' + trench 'to cut, dig a trench'), originally meaning to surround with a trench for defense, later figurative for firmly establishing attitudes or habits.

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