🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

negócio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: neˈɡɔ.si.u

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Business/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #150 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Eles fecharam um excelente negócio hoje."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The activity of buying, selling, or producing goods and services for profit.

    "She started her own online retail business last year."
  2. 2

    A commercial enterprise, establishment, or company.

    "The family-run bakery is a very successful local business."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Old English word 'bisignis', meaning anxiety, care, or occupation, formed from 'bisig' (busy) combined with the suffix '-ness'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a state of being busy or diligent to commercial activities, trade, and ultimately corporate entities.

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