🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

tachado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /taˈʃa.du/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Strikethrough/ˈstraɪk.θruː/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O texto tachado indica itens que já foram concluídos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A line drawn through a word or phrase, indicating that it is deleted, erroneous, or retracted.

    "The editor used a strikethrough to remove the redundant sentence from the manuscript."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Text formatting where a horizontal line passes through the center of the characters.

    "You can apply strikethrough formatting in most word processors to show completed tasks in a checklist."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verbal phrase 'strike through', combining Old English 'stričan' (to stroke or rub) and 'þurh' (through). Historically used in manuscript editing to cross out text while keeping it legible, the term evolved in digital typography to describe a horizontal line drawn across characters.

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