🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

rotação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ro-ta-ção

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rotation/roʊˈteɪʃən/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A rotação da Terra causa o dia e a noite."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of rotating around an axis or center.

    "The rotation of the Earth on its axis causes day and night."
  2. 2

    A series of events or activities that occur in a regular sequence.

    "The rotation of duties among team members helps distribute the workload evenly."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'rotation' originates from the Latin 'rotatio', which means 'a turning'. It evolved through Middle French 'rotation' before entering English in the late 14th century, where it retained the meaning of turning or revolving around a center point.

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