🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Pecado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: peˈkadu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Peché/peʃe/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele confessou seu pecado ao padre."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of transgression against divine law or moral principles.

    "He confessed his peché to the priest during the service."
  2. 2

    A fault or error in judgment.

    "Her peché in the decision-making process led to unforeseen consequences."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'peché' originates from the Latin 'peccatum', meaning 'sin' or 'fault'. It evolved through Old French, where it retained the connotation of moral wrongdoing, and has been used in various contexts to denote transgressions or errors.

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