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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

entregar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: en-tre-gar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deliver/dɪˈlɪv.ər/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #650 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O entregador vai entregar o pacote esta tarde."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to a particular recipient or address.

    "The courier will deliver the package to your front door this afternoon."
  2. 2

    To provide or achieve what is promised, expected, or required.

    "The new marketing strategy managed to deliver exceptional growth for the company."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'deliveren', originating from Old French 'delivrer', and ultimately from the Late Latin 'deliberare', meaning to set free or hand over. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from freeing someone from captivity to the physical transfer of goods, and later to fulfilling promises or achieving expected results.

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