sacro

Borrowed from Latin sacer, sacrum. Cf. also the inherited sagro.

sacro m (feminine singular sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras)

1. sacred

   Synonym: sagrado

sacro m (plural sacros)

1. (anatomy) sacrum

From Latin sacrum, accusative case form of sacer, from Proto-Italic *sakros, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós, derived from the root *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kro/, [ˈs̪äːkr̺o̞]
• Stress: sàcro
• Hyphenation: sa‧cro

sacro (feminine singular sacra, masculine plural sacri, feminine plural sacre)

1. sacred

• sacrale

sacro m (plural sacri)

1. (anatomy) sacrum

   Synonym: osso sacro

• Carso, corsa, scora

From sacer (“sacred, holy”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kroː/

sacrō (present infinitive sacrāre, perfect active sacrāvī, supine sacrātum); first conjugation

1. I declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine
2. I doom or devote to destruction, declare accursed, condemn
3. (of a deity) I hold, worship or honor as sacred
4. (by extension) I render imperishable, deify, immortalize

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

sacrō

1. dative masculine singular of sacer
2. ablative masculine singular of sacer
3. dative neuter singular of sacer
4. ablative neuter singular of sacer

• sacro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sacro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• sacro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Borrowed from Latin sacrum (“holy”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kɾo/
• Hyphenation: sa‧cro

sacro m (feminine singular sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras, comparable)

1. sacred

   Synonyms: sagrado, santo, venerável

sacro m (plural sacros)

1. sacrum (bone)

• osso

Borrowed from Latin sacer, sacrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsakɾo/

sacro (feminine singular sacra, masculine plural sacros, feminine plural sacras) (superlative sacratísimo)

1. sacred

   Synonyms: sagrado, santo

2. (anatomy) sacral (of the sacrum)

• lumbosacro

sacro m (plural sacros)

1. (anatomy) sacrum

• “sacro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.