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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

agradecer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a.ɡɾa.deˈseɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Thank/θæŋk/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Quero agradecer-lhe pela ajuda."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To express gratitude or appreciation to someone for an action, gift, or favor.

    "I want to thank you sincerely for all your help."
As noun
  1. 1

    An expression of gratitude; commonly used in the plural to mean appreciation.

    "Please pass on my sincere thanks to the entire team."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'þancian', meaning to give thanks or express gratitude, originating from Proto-Germanic '*þankōną' (to think or thank). Historically linked to the root for 'thought', reflecting the idea of keeping someone in one's favorable thoughts.

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