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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

balcão de inscrições

Pronunciation / Transliteration: balˈkɐ̃w dʒi ĩskɾiˈsõjs

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Registration desk/ˌrɛdʒ.ɪˈstreɪ.ʃən dɛsk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Dirija-se ao balcão de inscrições para obter o seu crachá."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A counter or table where attendees, guests, or participants check in, sign up, or receive credentials at an event, hotel, or institution.

    "Please stop by the registration desk to pick up your conference badge and welcome packet."
  2. 2

    An administrative service station designated for officially recording names, details, or inquiries.

    "The hospital registration desk directed the new patients to the appropriate waiting area."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'registration', derived from the Medieval Latin 'registrum' meaning a record or list, and 'desk', from the Old French 'desque' denoting a table for writing. The compound phrase emerged in the mid-20th century with the growth of institutional hospitality, corporate events, and organized travel.

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