sacred

sagrado

Reservado para usos religiosos y tratado con gran respeto.

En inglés sencillo: Kept for religious use and treated with great respect.

• This is a sacred place.
• Only the priest may touch the sacred objects.
• Visitors must remain quiet inside the sacred building.

Sinónimos: holy, consecrated

Antónimos: profane

Expresiones frecuentes: sacred place, sacred ground, sacred objects, sacred site

inviolable, sagrado

Tan importante que no debe incumplirse, modificarse ni dañarse nunca.

En inglés sencillo: So important that it must never be broken, changed, or harmed.

• A promise is sacred to him.
• They believe every person’s rights are sacred.
• Our Sunday lunch is sacred; nobody may cancel it.

Cómo se usa: sacred to someone (Her privacy is sacred to her.)

Sinónimos: inviolable, untouchable

Expresiones frecuentes: sacred duty, sacred promise, sacred right

religioso, sacro

Relacionado con la religión o con ceremonias religiosas.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with religion or religious ceremonies.

• The choir sings sacred music.
• She studies sacred art from several countries.
• These sacred texts are read during the service.

Sinónimos: religious

Antónimos: secular

Expresiones frecuentes: sacred music, sacred texts, sacred art

divino, sagrado

Dado u ordenado por un dios.

En inglés sencillo: Given or commanded by a god.

• They obeyed the sacred command.
• The ruler claimed sacred authority from the gods.
• Believers considered these rules part of sacred law.

Sinónimos: divine

Expresiones frecuentes: sacred authority, sacred command, sacred law

dedicado, consagrado

Apartado o reservado especialmente para alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: Set apart or kept especially for someone or something.

• The temple was sacred to the goddess.
• This garden is sacred to his mother’s memory.
• They raised a monument sacred to the fallen soldiers.

Cómo se usa: sacred to someone/something (The shrine was sacred to the goddess of wisdom.)

Sinónimos: dedicated, devoted

Expresiones frecuentes: sacred to someone, sacred to memory