sacra
Portuguese, noun/ˈsa.kɾɐ/
sacra is spelled S-A-C-R-A (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “altar card (one of a set of three richly-ornamented cards, placed on the altar during a Tridentine mass, containing the texts of prayers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of sacro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada um dos três pequenos quadros com as orações e outras fórmulas, dispostos sobre a mesa do altar para…”.
What does sacra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealtar card (one of a set of three richly-ornamented cards, placed on the altar during a Tridentine mass, containing the texts of prayers)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of sacro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada um dos três pequenos quadros com as orações e outras fórmulas, dispostos sobre a mesa do altar para ajudar a memória do celebrante da missa; cartela 2. a parte da missa em que se opera o mistério da transubstanciação; cânon
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 sacra
- sacras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacra?
- Brazil /ˈsa.kɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsa.kɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sacra in Portuguese?
sacra appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).