half-empty
adjective
(of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity
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We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Words nearby half-empty
half-drunk, half-duplex, half eagle, half-eaten, half-educated, half-empty, half-English, half-filled, half-finished, half-forgotten, half-formed
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