🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

despido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: despido

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dismissal/dɪsˈmɪs.əl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El despido injustificado causó mucha polémica."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of ordering or allowing someone to leave; official discharge from employment.

    "His unfair dismissal from the company led to a major labor dispute."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'dimittere', meaning 'to send away' or 'to release' (comprising 'dis-' apart + 'mittere' to send), passing through Old French 'dismettre'. Over centuries in English legal and administrative contexts, it evolved from general dispersal to specifically signify the termination of employment or legal action.

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