bode expiatório
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi is.pi.aˈtɔ.ɾju/
bode expiatório is spelled B-O-D-E-E-X-P-I-A-T-Ó-R-I-O (14 letters). Bode expiatório is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scapegoat (someone punished for someone else's error(s))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bode expiatório mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescapegoat (someone punished for someone else's error(s))
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. animal oferecido em sacrifício pelo pecado dos homens, em rituais religiosos antigos 2. pessoa inocente que recebe a imputação de algo socialmente reprovável, mas que foi realizado por outros
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bode expiatório
- bodes expiatórios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bode expiatório?
- Brazil /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi is.pi.aˈtɔ.ɾju/
- Brazil /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi is.pjaˈtɔ.ɾju/
- Brazil /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi es.pi.aˈtɔ.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bode expiatório
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.