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sacrilegio

Spanish, noun/sakɾiˈlexjo/

sacrilegio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sacrilege” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lesión o profanación de una cosa considerada sagrada”.

What does sacrilegio mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesacrilege

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lesión o profanación de una cosa considerada sagrada.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of sacrilegio

  • sacrilegios plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sacrilegio?

  • /sakɾiˈlexjo/
  • [sa.kɾiˈle.xjo]
  • [sakɾiˈlexjo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sacrilegio

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sacrilegio in Spanish?

sacrilegio appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).