🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

inflação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inflação

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inflation/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A inflação afeta o preço dos alimentos."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

    "High inflation makes it difficult for families to budget their monthly expenses."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English (denoting the action of blowing up or swelling): from Latin inflatio(n-), from the verb inflare (see inflate).

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