🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

embaçado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: em-ba-sa-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blurry/ˈblɜː.ri/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #3450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O vidro da janela está embaçado pela chuva."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not clear or distinct; having fuzzy outlines or indistinct features.

    "The photographs from the old camera turned out completely blurry."
  2. 2

    Difficult to perceive, understand, or remember clearly.

    "My memories of that childhood summer are quite blurry now."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English noun 'blur' (meaning a stain, blot, or smudge), which appeared around the 15th century. By the 16th century, the adjective form evolved to describe things that are indistinct to the eye, later expanding metaphorically to memories, concepts, or sounds lacking clarity.

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