sacrossanto
Portuguese, adjective/sa.kɾoˈsɐ̃.tu/
sacrossanto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sacrosanct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sagrado e santo”.
What does sacrossanto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sacrosanct
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sagrado e santo 2. duplamente santo
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 sacrossanto
- sacrossanta feminine
- sacrossantos masculine plural
- sacrossantas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacrossanto?
- Brazil /sa.kɾoˈsɐ̃.tu/
- Portugal /sɐ.kɾuˈsɐ̃.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sacrossanto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sacrossanto in Portuguese?
sacrossanto appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).