🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Maduro

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ma-du-ro

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mature/məˈtʃʊr/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Los árboles maduros en el parque proporcionan mucha sombra."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Fully developed physically; full-grown.

    "The mature trees in the park provide ample shade."
As verb
  1. 1

    To develop fully; to reach an advanced stage.

    "The cheese must mature for several months before it is ready to eat."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'mature' originates from the Latin 'maturus', meaning 'ripe' or 'fully developed'. It evolved through Old French 'mature' before entering Middle English, where it retained the connotation of being fully developed or grown.

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