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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

precipitação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pɾe.si.pi.taˈsɐ̃w

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Precipitancy/prɪˈsɪp.ɪ.tən.si/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Agir com precipitação pode ser perigoso."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Excessive or dangerous haste in action or decision-making; rashness.

    "His chronic precipitancy in business ventures often led to costly mistakes."
  2. 2

    The quality or state of happening too soon or unexpectedly abruptly.

    "The unexpected precipitancy of the resignation alarmed the board of directors."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'praecipitantia', stemming from 'praecipitantes', present participle of 'praecipitare' (to throw headlong or act hastily). It entered the English language in the late 16th century, initially denoting physical headlong descent before shifting metaphorically to describe excessive haste or rashness in thought and action.

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