Polyglot Dictionary

redenção

/xedẽˈsɐ̃w/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as redenções

Meaning

  1. redemption

    • Buscou redenção.

      He sought redemption.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

salvação

redenção (redemption) can be personal or secular — atoning for past mistakes; salvação (salvation) is more specifically religious — being saved from sin, or more broadly, rescue from a dire situation.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

redención

redención is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "redemption."

Practice

1 What does redenção mean?

2 Fill the gap: Buscou ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches redenção?

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