🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

pedido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: peh-dee-doo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Entreaty/ɪnˈtriː.ti/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O seu pedido foi atendido."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An earnest or humble request.

    "The charity made an entreaty for donations to help the victims of the disaster."
  2. 2

    A plea or appeal made in a serious manner.

    "His entreaty for forgiveness was met with silence."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'entreaty' originates from the Middle English 'entretie', derived from the Old French 'entretier', which means to treat or deal with. Its roots can be traced back to the Latin 'intrare', meaning to enter, reflecting a historical evolution from a sense of entering into a request or plea.

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