sacrificar

/sakɾifiˈkaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to sacrifice

🐑 sacrificar = sacri (sacred) + ficar (make): to make sacred

From Latin sacrificare: sacer (holy) + facere (to make). An offering was made holy by giving it up. In everyday Spanish it also means to put down an animal, as a vet would.

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