Example: A negligência na manutenção causou o acidente grave ontem.
Definition
"A negligência" refers to the failure to take proper care or to give proper attention to something, resulting in harm or damage. In the example, it means the lack of maintenance attention that caused a serious accident yesterday.
Translations
the negligence
la negligencia
de nalatigheid
la negligència
la négligence
die Vernachlässigung
la negligenza
Etymology
The word "a negligência" comes from the Latin 'negligentia,' meaning 'carelessness' or 'neglect.' It combines 'neg-' (not) and 'legere' (to pick, choose, or read), originally implying a failure to pay proper attention. Did you know? The root 'legere' also gives us 'legible' and 'lecture'!
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the negligence