digests
[/dɪˈdʒɛsts/ (verb) or /ˈdaɪdʒɛsts/ (noun)]
verb/noun
digere / resumos / compêndios
1. Third person singular present tense of digest - to break down food in the stomach and intestines into substances that can be absorbed by the body
The stomach digests food with the help of enzymes.
O estômago digere alimentos com a ajuda de enzimas.
2. To understand and process information mentally
She needs time to digest all the new information.
Ela precisa de tempo para digerir todas as novas informações.
3. Plural noun - summaries or condensed versions of written works or laws
The legal digests contain summaries of important case law.
Os resumos legais contêm sumários da jurisprudência importante.
In Brazilian Portuguese, 'digerir' is commonly used both for biological digestion and metaphorical processing of information. Legal and academic digests (resumos or compêndios) are important study tools in Brazilian universities and law schools. The term reflects the influence of Latin legal tradition in Portuguese-speaking countries.
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