sacrifício
See also: sacrificio
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old 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)
- (religion) sacrifice (something sacrificed)
- (religion) sacrification (act of sacrificing)
- (figurative) ordeal (painful or trying experience)
- (Christianity, theology) the crucifixion of Jesus
Hyponyms
- (sacrification): imolação, holocausto
Related terms
- sacrificado
- sacrificador
- sacrifical
- sacrificante
- sacrificar
- sacrificativo
- sacrificatório
- sacrificável
- sacrifice
- sacrificial
- sacrificialmente
- sacrífico
- sacrifículo