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Meaning of pou | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C2
[ˈpow]

Definitions

  1. a surname
    by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
  2. well (a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids)
  3. well (a source of supply)

Equivalents

English shaft well

Examples

“La sèrie provoca una angoixa creixent en l’espectador per la tendència dels personatges a amagar les seves ferides en comptes de guarir-les, i això es converteix en un pou de malentesos i conflictes que es van acumulant.”

The show causes a growing anxiety in the viewer because of the characters' tendency to hide their wounds instead of healing them, and that becomes a well of misunderstandings and conflicts that build up over time.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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