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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

recuperação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ʁe.ku.pe.ɾaˈsãw/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Upturn/ˈʌp.tɜːn/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O país mostra sinais de uma forte recuperação econômica."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An upward trend, improvement, or increase in economic activity or other processes.

    "Economists are predicting a strong upturn in the housing market next quarter."
As verb
  1. 1

    To turn or curve upwards, or to cause something to face upwards.

    "The corners of her mouth began to upturn into a gentle smile."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived by combining the adverb 'up' (from Old English 'ūp') with the verb 'turn' (from Old English 'tyrnan' and Latin 'tornare'). First appearing in the mid-19th century, the term initially described a physical upward movement or orientation before evolving to signify economic and situational improvement.

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