holocausto

See also: Holocausto

Latin

Noun

holocaustō

1. dative/ablative singular of holocaustum

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), through Latin holocaustum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.loˈkaws.tu/ [o.loˈkaʊ̯s.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.loˈkaws.tu/ [o.loˈkaʊ̯s.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.loˈkawʃ.tu/ [o.loˈkaʊ̯ʃ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.loˈkaws.to/ [o.loˈkaʊ̯s.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.lɔˈkawʃ.tu/

• Rhymes: -awstu, -awʃtu
• Hyphenation: ho‧lo‧caus‧to

Noun

holocausto m (plural holocaustos)

1. (religion) holocaust (among the ancient Hebrews, a sacrifice in which the victim was completely consumed by fire)
   1. (religion) holocaust (victim offered in this sacrifice)
2. massacre, slaughter (killing of a large number of human beings)
3. (figuratively) sacrifice; atonement
4. (figuratively) abdication of one's own will to satisfy someone else's (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Further reading

• “holocausto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “holocausto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oloˈkausto/ [o.loˈkau̯s.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -austo
• Syllabification: ho‧lo‧caus‧to

Noun

holocausto m (plural holocaustos)

1. holocaust
2. (archaic, biblical) burnt offering

Further reading

• “holocausto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10