sacrificar

Borrowed from Latin sacrificō, sacrificāre.

sacrificar (first-person singular indicative present sacrifico, past participle sacrificáu)

1. to sacrifice

• sacrificiu

Borrowed from Latin sacrificāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

sacrificar (first-person singular present sacrifico, first-person singular preterite sacrifiquí, past participle sacrificat)

1. to sacrifice

• sacrifici
• sacrificial

Learned borrowing from Latin sacrificāre. By surface analysis, sacro +‎ -ificar.

• Hyphenation: sa‧cri‧fi‧car

sacrificar (first-person singular present sacrifico, first-person singular preterite sacrifiquei, past participle sacrificado)

1. to sacrifice
   1. (transitive, religion) to offer (the life of an animal or human) as tribute to a deity; to immolate

      Em grandes festivais o número de bovinos sacrificados poderia chegar a centenas, e o número de participantes dos festejos ser de milhares.

      At large festivals the number of cattle sacrificed could run into the hundreds, and the numbers feasting on them well into the thousands.

      Synonym: imolar

   2. (transitive, figuratively) to intentionally give up (something or someone), often for a greater benefit

      Sacrifiquei meu descanso de fim de semana para ganhar mais dinheiro.

      I sacrificed my weekend rest in order to earn more money.

      Synonyms: abrir mão, desistir

   3. (reflexive) to die or allow oneself to die for a perceived greater cause

      Sacrificou-se pela pátria.

      He sacrificed himself for the fatherland.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to euthanize (an animal)

   Como não há maneiras de salvar este gato, teremos que sacrificá-lo.

   Since there is no way to save this cat, we will have to euthanize it.

   Synonym: eutanasiar

Borrowed from Latin sacrificāre.

• IPA^(key): /sakɾifiˈkaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧cri‧fi‧car

sacrificar (first-person singular present sacrifico, first-person singular preterite sacrifiqué, past participle sacrificado)

1. (transitive) to sacrifice
2. (transitive) to put down, euthanize (an animal)

• “sacrificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10