sagrado
sagrádo with stress marks
sacred; holy
Usage Note
Sagrado is borrowed from Spanish sagrado and is used in religious contexts to describe something holy or inviolable. In casual speech it can be used with irony — describing anything someone guards with excessive possessiveness — which softens the original religious weight.
Examples
" Sagrado ang lugar na ito. "
Natural Translation
This place is sacred.
Literal Translation
Sacred the place that this.
" Ito ay isang sagrado na lugar. "
Natural Translation
This is a sacred place.
Literal Translation
This is a sacred that place.
" Para sa kanila, sagrado ang lupang minana nila kaya ayaw nilang ipagbili kahit kanino. "
Natural Translation
For them, the land they inherited is sacred, so they refuse to sell it to anyone.
Literal Translation
For to them, sacred the land that-inherited they so don't-like they to-sell even to-anyone.
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