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sacrílego

Spanish, adjective/saˈkɾileɡo/

sacrílego is a Spanish adjective meaning “sacrilegious (committing or being sacrilege)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que comete sacrilegio”.

What does sacrílego mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sacrilegious (committing or being sacrilege)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que comete sacrilegio. 2. Perteneciente o relativo al sacrilegio. 3. Que sirve para cometer sacrilegio.

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 sacrílego

  • sacrílega feminine
  • sacrílegos masculine plural
  • sacrílegas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce sacrílego?

  • /saˈkɾileɡo/
  • [saˈkɾi.le.ɣ̞o]
  • [saˈkɾileɣ̞o]

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

English words that translate to sacrílego

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

How common is sacrílego in Spanish?

sacrílego appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.

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