🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

campo de trabalho forçado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈkɐ̃pu dʒi tɾaˈbaʎu foɾˈsadu/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Forced-labor camp/ˈfɔːrst ˈleɪ.bər kæmp/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Muitas pessoas sofreram abusos desumanos no campo de trabalho forçado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A penal or detention facility where inmates are forced to perform hard physical labor as a form of punishment, political suppression, or exploitation.

    "Historical accounts detail the brutal conditions endured by prisoners inside the forced-labor camp during the regime."
  2. 2

    A camp established by authoritarian governments to detain targeted populations and systematically exploit their labor.

    "International human rights organizations condemned the establishment of the secret forced-labor camp."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound phrase combining 'forced' (derived from Middle English 'forcen', from Old French 'forcier'), 'labor' (from Latin 'labor', meaning toil or trouble), and 'camp' (from Latin 'campus', meaning a field or open space). It gained widespread historical prominence in the 20th century to describe penal institutions, such as the Soviet gulags or Nazi concentration camps, where inmates are subjected to severe, involuntary physical work.

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🇫🇷French → English

camp de travail forcé

Transliteration: /kɑ̃ də tʁa.vajo fɔʁ.se/

"De nombreux prisonniers ont été envoyés dans un camp de travail forcé."

🇩🇪German → English

Zwangsarbeitslager

Transliteration: /ˈtsvaŋsˌʔaʁbaɪtsˌlaːɡɐ/

"Das historische Dokument beschreibt das Leben im Zwangsarbeitslager."

🇮🇹Italian → English

campo di lavoro forzato

Transliteration: /ˈkampo di laˈvoro forˈtsato/

"I prigionieri furono costretti a lavorare in un campo di lavoro forzato."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

campo de trabajo forzado

Transliteration: /ˈkampo de tɾaˈβajo forˈsaðo/

"El régimen envió a los disidentes políticos a un campo de trabajo forzado."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

campo de trabalho forçado

Transliteration: /ˈkɐ̃pu dʒi tɾaˈbaʎu foɾˈsadu/

"Muitas pessoas sofreram abusos desumanos no campo de trabalho forçado."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

बेगार शिविर

Transliteration: /beɡɑːr ʃɪvɪr/

"इतिहास में बेगार शिविरों की残酷 स्थितियों का उल्लेख मिलता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

强迫劳动营

Transliteration: /qiǎngpò láodòng yíng/

"那个政权设立了多个强迫劳动营来囚禁异见人士。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

강제노동수용소

Transliteration: /gangjenaedong suyongso/

"수많은 사람들이 강제노동수용소에서 고통을 받았습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

強制労働収容所

Transliteration: /kyōsei rōdō shūyōsho/

"歴史的証拠から強制労働収容所の過酷な実態が明らかになった。"

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