🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

causador de problemas

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cau-sa-dor de pro-ble-mas

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mischief-maker/ˈmɪs.tʃɪfˌmeɪ.kər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele é conhecido como um causador de problemas entre os colegas."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who causes trouble or creates mischief, often in a playful or mischievous manner.

    "The children were being mischief-makers, hiding their toys and giggling."
  2. 2

    Someone who instigates or provokes trouble or chaos, typically in a light-hearted context.

    "As the class clown, he was known as the ultimate mischief-maker among his peers."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'mischief-maker' is derived from the Middle English word 'mischief', which comes from the Old French 'meschief', meaning 'misfortune' or 'harm'. The word 'maker' is a Middle English term that denotes someone who creates or causes something. Over time, 'mischief-maker' evolved to refer specifically to someone who causes trouble or playful harm.

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