🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

fratura

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fratura

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
fracture/ˈfræktʃər/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O exame confirmou uma fratura no osso."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A crack or break in a hard object or material, especially a bone.

    "An X-ray revealed a hairline fracture in his left wrist."
As verb
  1. 1

    To break or cause to break; to crack.

    "He fell and fractured his collarbone during the match."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin fractura, from fract- ('broken'), from the verb frangere.

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