sacrifício
See also: sacrificio
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese sacrifiçio, sacrifiço, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificō (“to sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred”) + faciō (“do, make”). Displaced Old Portuguese sacrifiço.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: sa‧cri‧fí‧ci‧o
Noun
editsacrifício m (plural sacrifícios)
- (religion) sacrifice (something sacrificed)
- (religion) sacrification (act of sacrificing)
- (figurative) ordeal (painful or trying experience)
- (Christianity, theology) the crucifixion of Jesus
Hyponyms
edit- (sacrification): imolação, holocausto
Related terms
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