🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Subtrair

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sub-tra-eer

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Subtract/səbˈtrækt/
verbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Se você subtrair 5 de 10, obterá 5."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To take away a number or amount from another number or amount.

    "If you subtract 5 from 10, you get 5."
  2. 2

    To deduct or remove something.

    "You can subtract the cost of the meal from your expenses."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'subtract' originates from the Latin 'subtrahere', meaning 'to take away'. It evolved through Middle French 'soustraire' before entering English in the late 15th century, maintaining its core meaning of removing or taking away a quantity.

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