🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

satisfatório

Pronunciation / Transliteration: satisfatório

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Satisfactory/ˌsæt.ɪsˈfæk.tər.i/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A explicação dele não foi totalmente satisfatória."

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As adjective
  1. 1

    Fulfilling expectations or needs; acceptable, though not outstanding or perfect.

    "The hotel room was clean and the service was satisfactory."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Middle English word 'satisfactorie', stemming from Medieval Latin 'satisfactorius', which traces back to Latin 'satisfacere' (to satisfy). Over time, the term shifted from theological meanings involving penance to its modern general use describing something fulfilling expectations or requirements.

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