vaca sagrada
Portuguese
Noun
vaca sagrada f (plural vacas sagradas)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vaca, sagrada.
- (idiomatic) sacred cow (something which cannot be tampered with)
Spanish
Noun
vaca sagrada f (plural vacas sagradas)
- sacred cow
Further reading
- “vaca sagrada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014