What does pecado in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word pecado in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pecado in Portuguese.

The word pecado in Portuguese means sin, sin, pecado, transgressão, pecado, cometer um pecado, cometer um pecado, pecado grave, pecado venial, pecado mortal, pecado original, Sodoma, pecado imperdoável. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word pecado

sin

substantivo masculino (quebra de regra religiosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

sin

substantivo masculino (ação cruel ou perversa) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

pecado

noun (immoral act)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Jessica foi à igreja para confessar seus pecados.
Jessica went to church to confess her sins.

transgressão

noun (formal (sin)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
The woman begged the priest to forgive her for her transgression.

pecado

adjective (entailing guilt)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Chocolate é o pecado secreto dele.
Chocolate is his guilty secret.

cometer um pecado

verbal expression (break religious law)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
Se você cometer um pecado, deverá confessar e pedir perdão.
If you commit a sin, you should confess and ask for forgiveness.

cometer um pecado

(commit a sin)

pecado grave

noun (serious moral offence)

O adultério é um pecado grave.
Adultery is a grave sin.

pecado venial

noun (relatively slight offence, venial sin)

Surely masturbation must be a minor sin in relation to murder.

pecado mortal

noun (Christianity: most serious moral offence) (cristianismo)

The preacher convinced her that she had committed a mortal sin and would be doomed to hell for eternity if she did not repent.

pecado original

noun (Christianity: human failing) (Cristianismo)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Eve giving in to the serpent's temptation is a metaphor for original sin.

Sodoma

noun (figurative (sinful place) (figurado)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Eu não iria àquele bar se fosse você; é uma verdadeira Sodoma.
I wouldn't visit that bar if I were you; it's a real Sodom.

pecado imperdoável

noun ([sth] that cannot be pardoned)

The Catholic church considers suicide an unforgivable sin.

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