🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

veículo de passageiros

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vehikulu dʒi passagejrus

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Passenger vehicle/ˈpæs.ən.dʒər ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O novo veículo de passageiros está equipado com tecnologia híbrida."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A motor vehicle designed primarily to transport people, typically seating no more than a specified number of passengers.

    "Modern passenger vehicles are increasingly incorporating electric propulsion and advanced safety features."
  2. 2

    A road vehicle used for private or public transport of individuals, excluding commercial cargo trucks and heavy transport.

    "The city implemented stricter emissions standards for every passenger vehicle entering the downtown zone."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'passenger', derived from Old French 'passager' (ultimately from Latin 'passus', meaning 'pace' or 'step'), and 'vehicle', from Latin 'vehiculum' (from 'vehere', meaning 'to carry'). It emerged in the 20th century with the expansion of the automotive industry to categorically distinguish motor cars primarily designed to transport people rather than freight.

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