pecado

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese pecado (“sin”), from Latin peccātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peˈkaðʊ]

Noun

pecado m (plural pecados)

1. sin
2. swear word

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pecado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pecado”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pecado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pecado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pecado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Participle

pecado (feminine pecada, masculine plural pecados, feminine plural pecadas)

1. past participle of pecar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin peccātum (“sin; error”), from peccō (“I sin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ˈka.d̪o/

Noun

pecado m (plural pecados)

1. (religion) sin
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 3 (facsimile):

     Por ela nos perdõou / deus o pecado Dadam. / da maçãa que goſtou. per / que ſoffreu muit affan.

     By her, God forgave us of Adam’s sin. Of the apple he tasted, because she felt very anguished.

Descendants

• Galician: pecado
• Portuguese: pecado

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• peccado (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pecado (“sin”), from Latin peccātum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈka.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈka.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈka.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈka.du/ [pɨˈka.ðu]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: pe‧ca‧do

Noun

pecado m (plural pecados)

1. sin

Related terms

• pecadilho
• pecadoraço
• pecar

Descendants

• → Kadiwéu: pecaado
• → Nheengatu: pekadu
• → Sranan Tongo: pikadu

Participle

pecado (invariable)

1. past participle of pecar

Further reading

• “pecado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pecado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pecado, from Latin peccātum, from peccō (“to sin, offend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈkado/ [peˈka.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pe‧ca‧do

Noun

pecado m (plural pecados)

1. sin

Derived terms

• de pecado
• pecadillo
• pecado capital
• pecado de bestialidad
• pecado de comisión
• pecado de omisión
• pecado mortal
• pecado original
• simpecado

Related terms

• pecador
• pecar

Participle

pecado (feminine pecada, masculine plural pecados, feminine plural pecadas)

1. past participle of pecar

Further reading

• “pecado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025