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sagrado

sacred

adjective sah-GRAH-doh Rare

Also means

holy

Usage Note

Sagrado applies to people, places, texts, and concepts regarded as divinely set apart (la Biblia sagrada, tierra sagrada). It also appears idiomatically to mean something inviolable: su tiempo libre es sagrado ('his free time is sacred'). Modern usage prefers lugar sagrado or santuario for a holy place.

Examples

"Visitamos un templo sagrado."

Natural Translation

We visited a sacred temple.

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