🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

chiado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʃiˈadu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Squeaky/ˈskwiː.ki/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A porta velha tem um som chiado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Making or characterized by a short, high-pitched cry, squeak, or similar sound.

    "The mouse made a squeaky noise as it scurried across the floorboards."
  2. 2

    Extremely narrow or close, especially concerning a victory or margin (informal).

    "They managed a squeaky win in the final seconds of the championship match."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the imitative verb 'squeak' (of imitative origin, likely from Middle English or Old Norse roots representing high-pitched sounds), combined with the suffix '-y', denoting a quality of or tendency toward that sound. First recorded in common usage during the 17th century.

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