holocausto
See also: Holocausto
Latin
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), through Latin holocaustum.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.loˈkaws.tu/ [o.loˈkaʊ̯s.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o.loˈkawʃ.tu/ [o.loˈkaʊ̯ʃ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.loˈkaws.to/ [o.loˈkaʊ̯s.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.lɔˈkawʃ.tu/
- Rhymes: -awstu, -awʃtu
- Hyphenation: ho‧lo‧caus‧to
Noun
holocausto m (plural holocaustos)
- (religion) holocaust (among the ancient Hebrews, a sacrifice in which the victim was completely consumed by fire)
- massacre, slaughter (killing of a large number of human beings)
- (figuratively) sacrifice; atonement
- (figuratively) abdication of one's own will to satisfy someone else's (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Further reading
- “holocausto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “holocausto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oloˈkausto/ [o.loˈkau̯s.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -austo
- Syllabification: ho‧lo‧caus‧to
Further reading
- “holocausto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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