🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

empolgado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ẽpowlˈɡadu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Jazzed/dʒæzd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele estava super empolgado com a festa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Excited, enthusiastic, or exhilarated about something.

    "She was totally jazzed about getting the lead role in the school play."
  2. 2

    Decorated, embellished, or made more lively or interesting.

    "They jazzed up the presentation with colorful graphics and animations."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'jazz', which emerged in early 20th-century American culture with uncertain African or Creole etymological roots denoting speed, energy, and excitement. The participial adjective form 'jazzed' developed in the mid-20th century to describe a state of heightened enthusiasm, stimulation, or nervous excitement, often paired with 'up'.

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