Portuguese

Proper noun

Holocausto m

1. Holocaust (the mass murder of 6 million Jews, or 11 million people as a whole, by Nazi Germany)

See also

• Shoá

Spanish

Proper noun

Holocausto m

1. Holocaust (the mass murder of Jews and other groups by the Nazi regime during World War II)

See also

• Holocausto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

holocaustō

1. dative singular of holocaustum
2. ablative singular of holocaustum

Portuguese

Noun

holocausto m (plural holocaustos)

1. holocaust (sacrifice to a god)
2. holocaust (annihilation of a group of animals or people)
3. holocaust (state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group)

Synonyms

• (annihilation of a group of animals or people): genocídio, extermínio

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος ‎(holókaustos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o̞lo̞ˈkausto̞/

Noun

holocausto m ‎(plural holocaustos)

1. holocaust