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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

cifrar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /siˈfɾaɾ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Encrypt/ɪnˈkrɪpt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Es recomendable cifrar la información confidencial."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To convert information or data into a cipher or code, especially to prevent unauthorized access.

    "The application is designed to encrypt all user messages end-to-end for maximum privacy."
  2. 2

    To protect digital files using an algorithm and a cryptographic key.

    "You should always encrypt sensitive financial documents before storing them in the cloud."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix en- (meaning 'in' or 'to put into') combined with the Greek kryptos (meaning 'hidden' or 'secret'). The verb emerged in the mid-20th century alongside modern computing and digital cryptography to describe the conversion of readable data into unreadable ciphertext.

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