sacrifício

See also: sacrificio

Galician

Noun

sacrifício m (plural sacrifícios, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of sacrificio

References

  • sacrifício” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

From 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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.kɾiˈfi.si.u/ [sa.kɾiˈfi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /sa.kɾiˈfi.sju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.kɾiˈfi.si.o/ [sa.kɾiˈfi.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /sa.kɾiˈfi.sjo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.kɾiˈfi.sju/, /sɐ.kɾɨˈfi.sju/

  • Hyphenation: sa‧cri‧fí‧ci‧o

Noun

sacrifício m (plural sacrifícios)

  1. (religion) sacrifice (something sacrificed)
  2. (religion) sacrification (act of sacrificing)
  3. (figurative) ordeal (painful or trying experience)
  4. (Christianity, theology) the crucifixion of Jesus

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Further reading