🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

estrada de ligação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: esˈtɾadɐ dʒi liɡɐˈsɐ̃w

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Connecting-Road/kəˈnɛktɪŋ roʊd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A nova estrada de ligação reduziu significativamente o tempo de viagem entre as duas cidades."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A road that links two or more larger roads or areas.

    "The new connecting-road significantly reduced travel time between the two cities."
  2. 2

    A secondary road that provides access to a specific location or area.

    "The connecting-road to the industrial park is currently under construction."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'connecting-road' is a compound noun formed from 'connecting', the present participle of 'connect', which originates from the Latin 'connectere', meaning 'to join together', and 'road', derived from Old English 'rād', meaning 'a journey or route'. The term has evolved to describe a roadway that links two or more larger roads or areas.

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🇫🇷French → English

route de liaison

Transliteration: root də lya.zɔ̃

"La nouvelle route de liaison a considérablement réduit le temps de trajet entre les deux villes."

🇩🇪German → English

Verbindungsstraße

Transliteration: fɛrˈbɪndʊŋsˌʃtʁaːsə

"Die neue Verbindungsstraße hat die Reisezeit zwischen den beiden Städten erheblich verkürzt."

🇮🇹Italian → English

strada di collegamento

Transliteration: ˈstraːda di kol.le.ɡaˈmento

"La nuova strada di collegamento ha ridotto significativamente i tempi di viaggio tra le due città."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

carretera de conexión

Transliteration: ka.reˈte.ɾa ðe konɛkˈθjon

"La nueva carretera de conexión ha reducido significativamente el tiempo de viaje entre las dos ciudades."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

estrada de ligação

Transliteration: esˈtɾadɐ dʒi liɡɐˈsɐ̃w

"A nova estrada de ligação reduziu significativamente o tempo de viagem entre as duas cidades."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

जोड़ने वाली सड़क

Transliteration: joṛne vāli saṛak

"नई जोड़ने वाली सड़क ने दोनों शहरों के बीच यात्रा के समय को काफी कम कर दिया है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

连接道路

Transliteration: liánjiē dào lù

"新的连接道路显著减少了两个城市之间的旅行时间。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

연결 도로

Transliteration: yeon-gyeol doro

"새로운 연결 도로는 두 도시 간의 여행 시간을 크게 줄였습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

接続道路

Transliteration: setsuzoku dōro

"新しい接続道路は、2つの都市間の旅行時間を大幅に短縮しました。"

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