sacrifício

From Old Portuguese sacrifiçio, sacrifiço, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificō (“I sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred”) + faciō (“do, make”). Displaced Old Portuguese sacrifiço

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsa.kɾi.ˈfi.si.u/, /ˌsa.kɾi.ˈfi.sju/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsa.kɾi.ˈfi.si.o/, /ˌsa.kɾi.ˈfi.sjo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.kɾi.ˈfi.si.u/, /sɐ.kɾi.ˈfi.sju/
• Hyphenation: sa‧cri‧fí‧ci‧o

sacrifício m (plural sacrifícios)

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

• (sacrification): imolação, holocausto