🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

domesticação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: domesticação

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Domestication/dəˌmɛstɪˈkeɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A domesticação de espécies selvagens exigiu paciência."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.

    "The domestication of wolves was the first step in the evolution of dogs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From Late Latin domesticatio, from domesticare (to tame), from Latin domesticus (belonging to the house), from domus (house).

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