🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

anúncio classificado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: anunsju klasifikadu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Want-ad/ˈwɒnt.æd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele comprou a bicicleta através de um anúncio classificado."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A classified advertisement in a newspaper or online platform seeking to buy or sell something, or offering or seeking employment.

    "She found her first apartment through a want-ad in the Sunday local newspaper."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a colloquial compound combining 'want', derived from Old Norse 'vanta' meaning to lack or desire, and 'ad', a clipped abbreviation of 'advertisement', originating from Latin 'advertere' via French. Emerging in late 19th-century American English newspaper culture, it originally designated classified notices placed by individuals seeking goods, services, or employment.

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