🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

prerrogativa

Pronunciation / Transliteration: prerrogativa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Prerogative/prɪˈrɒɡətɪv/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"É prerrogativa do presidente assinar a lei."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.

    "Driving an expensive car is often seen as the prerogative of the rich."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin praerogativa 'chosen to vote first', feminine of praerogativus 'asked before others', from praerogare 'ask before' (from prae 'before' + rogare 'ask').

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