🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

desejado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: de-se-ja-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Willed/wɪld/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela estava desejada a ter sucesso apesar dos desafios."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a strong intention or determination to do something.

    "She was willed to succeed despite the challenges she faced."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense of will; to have expressed a desire or intention.

    "He willed his estate to his children."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'willed' is derived from the Old English 'willan', meaning 'to wish or desire'. It evolved through Middle English, where it retained similar meanings, and has come to signify a strong intention or determination in modern usage.

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