🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

cheio até a borda

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈʃeju aˈtɛ a ˈbɔʁdɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Brimful/ˈbrɪm.fʊl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A cesta estava cheia até a borda de maçãs maduras."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Filled to the brim; overflowing.

    "The basket was brimful of ripe apples, ready for the market."
  2. 2

    Abundantly filled or full.

    "Her heart was brimful of joy at the news of her promotion."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'brimful' is derived from the combination of 'brim', which comes from Old English 'brymm' meaning 'edge' or 'border', and 'ful', a suffix indicating 'fullness'. This term has evolved in usage to describe something that is filled to the top or overflowing, particularly in a figurative sense.

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