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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

farra de compras

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfɐʁɐ dʒi ˈkõpɾɐs

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Buying-binge/ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ bɪndʒ/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela gastou todo o seu bônus em uma farra de compras."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A brief period of intense, excessive, and often impulsive purchasing of goods.

    "She went on a buying-binge over the weekend, acquiring dozens of items she didn't really need."
  2. 2

    An episode of retail therapy characterized by uncontrolled spending driven by emotional triggers.

    "Retailers often capitalize on holiday sales to encourage a nationwide buying-binge."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the present participle of the Old English verb 'bycgan' (meaning to buy or acquire) with 'binge', a mid-19th-century dialect word originally denoting a heavy drinking session before expanding to signify any unrestrained indulgence. Together, the compound emerged in modern consumer culture to describe periods of compulsive, excessive purchasing.

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