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Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese pecado (“sin”), from Latin peccātum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pecado m (plural pecados)
- sin
- swear word
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pecado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pecado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pecado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pecado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pecado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Participle
pecado (feminine pecada, masculine plural pecados, feminine plural pecadas)
- past participle of pecar
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin peccātum (“sin; error”), from peccō (“I sin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pecado m (plural pecados)
- (religion) sin
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- Por ela nos perdõou / deus o pecado Dadam. / da maçãa que goſtou. per / que ſoffreu muit affan.
- By her, God forgave us of Adam’s sin. Of the apple he tasted, because she felt very anguished.
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pecado (“sin”), from Latin peccātum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pecado m (plural pecados)
- sin
Descendants
Participle
pecado (feminine pecada, masculine plural pecados, feminine plural pecadas)
- past participle of pecar
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish pecado, from Latin peccātum, from peccō (“to sin, offend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈkado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: pe‧ca‧do
Noun
pecado m (plural pecados)
- sin
Derived terms
Participle
pecado (feminine pecada, masculine plural pecados, feminine plural pecadas)
- past participle of pecar
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