WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations |
| sacrificar⇒ vtr | (renunciar a algo) | sacrifice⇒ vtr |
| | | give up vtr phrasal sep |
| | Sacrificó unos días de vacaciones para que su compañero pudiera ir a ver a su novia. |
| | He sacrificed a few days of vacation so that his colleague could go to see his fiance. |
| sacrificar vtr | (ofrecer sacrificios) | sacrifice⇒ vtr |
| | En la antigüedad sacrificaban a los humanos para contentar a los dioses. |
| | In antiquity, human beings were sacrificed to appease the gods. |
| sacrificar vtr | (matar un animal para consumo) | slaughter⇒ vtr |
| | Sacrifican el ganado en el matadero. |
| | They slaughter the cattle in the stockyard. |
| sacrificar vtr | (poner fin a la vida de un animal) | put down v expr |
| | Por recomendación del veterinario, sacrificamos al perro, que ya estaba muy enfermo. |
| | We put down the dog, who was already very sick, at the recommendation of the veterinarian. |
| sacrificarse⇒ v prnl | (dedicarse a Dios) | make sacrifices v expr |
| | | give up vtr phrasal sep |
| | Se sacrificó para seguir la palabra de Dios. |
| | He made sacrifices to follow the word of God. |
| sacrificarse v prnl | (privarse) | deprive yourself vtr + refl |
| | (from drink) | abstain⇒ vi |
| | | do without vi + prep |
| | Se sacrificó por sus amigos y no bebió en toda la noche para poder conducir de regreso a casa. |
| | He deprived himself for his friends' sake: he didn't drink the whole night so that he could drive them back home. |
'sacrificar' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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