🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

distanciado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dis-tã-si-a-du

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Distanced/ˈdɪs.tənst/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4120 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele permaneceu distanciado da polêmica."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Kept at a distance; physically or emotionally separated and detached.

    "She felt increasingly distanced from her former colleagues after moving to a different department."
As verb
  1. 1

    Made oneself or something appear separate or uninvolved in a situation.

    "The politician distanced himself from the controversial remarks made by his advisors."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'distance', originating from Old French 'distance', which traces back to the Latin 'distantia', meaning an interval or standing apart. The verb and participial adjective forms developed in late Middle English to describe physical or emotional separation.

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