🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

caixa eletrônico

Pronunciation / Transliteration: caixa eletrônico

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
ATM/ˌeɪ.tiːˈɛm/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2100 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Preciso ir ao caixa eletrônico para retirar alguns reais."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An electronic banking outlet that allows customers to complete basic transactions without the aid of a branch representative or teller.

    "I need to find an ATM to withdraw some cash before we go to the market."
  2. 2

    Asynchronous Transfer Mode, a telecommunications technology standard for digital data transmission.

    "The network infrastructure was upgraded to support ATM cells for high-speed data transfer."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

An initialism derived from the compound phrase 'automated teller machine', combining 'automated' (from Greek automatos, self-acting), 'teller' (from Middle English tellen, meaning to count or recount), and 'machine' (from Latin machina). The term gained widespread prominence in the late 20th century with the global expansion of computerized banking self-service terminals.

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