🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

establecimiento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: es-ta-ble-ci-mien-to

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Establishment/ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El establecimiento comercial cumple con todas las normas."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A business organization, public institution, or club, including its physical premises.

    "The local bakery is a popular family establishment that has operated for decades."
  2. 2

    The dominant group or network of people who hold power and authority in a nation or organization.

    "His radical political views often put him at odds with the political establishment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'establishmënt', stemming from Old French 'establissement', based on the Latin verb 'stabilire' meaning to make firm or stable. Over time, the term evolved from the act of setting up something permanently to also describing a physical business location or the dominant social and political elite.

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