No. 136 in Portuguese
busca
Search; quest; pursuit.
In a sentence
Ela está em busca de um novo emprego.
She is in search of a new job.
The word 'busca' here means 'search' or 'quest', signifying effort or action to find something.
A polícia realizou uma busca na casa.
The police conducted a search in the house.
In this sentence, 'busca' refers to a physical act of searching or inspecting a location.
A busca por conhecimento é interminável.
The pursuit of knowledge is endless.
Here, 'busca' symbolizes the continuous effort or drive to attain knowledge, used in an abstract sense.
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