sacrílego
Portuguese, noun/saˈkɾi.le.ɡu/
sacrílego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a person who commits sacrilege” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que comete sacrilégio”.
What does sacrílego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea person who commits sacrilege
adjective
- 1
sacrilegious (committing or being sacrilege)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de quem comete sacrilégio
noun: 1. aquele que comete sacrilégio
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 sacrílego
- sacrílegos plural
- sacrílega feminine
- sacrílegas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacrílego?
- Brazil /saˈkɾi.le.ɡu/
- Portugal /sɐˈkɾi.lɨ.ɡu/
- Portugal [sɐˈkɾi.lɨ.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
sacrílego appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).