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profanar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • defile verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
  • desecrate verb To treat something sacred with disrespect or damage it in a way that violates its holiness.
  • profane adjective Showing disrespect for sacred or religious things.

Senses

profanar is used for these senses in English:

  • defile To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
  • desecrate (transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
  • profane (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate

defile — full definition

  1. verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
  2. noun A narrow gorge or pass, originally one narrow enough for soldiers to march through only in single file.

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