🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Moderado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo-de-ra-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Moderate/ˈmɒd.ər.ət/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O clima estava moderado, nem muito quente nem muito frio."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

    "The weather was moderate, neither too hot nor too cold."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.

    "The candidate was known as a moderate, appealing to both sides of the political spectrum."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'moderate' originates from the Latin 'moderatus', which is the past participle of 'moderare', meaning 'to restrain or control'. It evolved through Middle English, maintaining the sense of moderation and balance in various contexts.

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