holocausto
See also: Holocausto
Latin
editNoun
editholocaustō
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), through Latin holocaustum.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editholocausto m (plural holocaustos)
- (religion) holocaust (among the ancient Hebrews, a sacrifice in which the victim was completely consumed by fire)
- massacre, slaughter (killing of a large number of human beings)
- (figuratively) sacrifice; atonement
- (figuratively) abdication of one's own will to satisfy someone else's (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Further reading
edit- “holocausto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “holocausto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editholocausto m (plural holocaustos)
Further reading
edit- “holocausto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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