🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

dramático

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dramático

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dramatic/drəˈmæt.ɪk/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Houve uma mudança dramática na economia."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to drama or the theater.

    "She is pursuing a career in dramatic arts at the university."
  2. 2

    (Of an event or circumstance) sudden and striking, or exciting and impressive.

    "The company reported a dramatic increase in sales this quarter."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin dramaticus, from Ancient Greek dramatikos, meaning pertaining to drama. It ultimately traces back to the Greek verb dran, meaning to do or to act, entering English usage in the mid-17th century to describe works for the theater and later expanding to describe striking or vivid qualities.

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