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Meaning of "massacre" in the Portuguese dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MASSACRE IN PORTUGUESE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MASSACRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Massacre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MASSACRE MEAN IN PORTUGUESE?

Mass murder

Mass murder or mass murder, also called massacre, is the act of murdering, simultaneously or in a short period of time, a large number of people. It can be committed by individuals or organizations. This term can also be applied to serial killers, who bring many victims to death but not necessarily at the same time. The greatest mass murders in history have been confused with genocide, often based on ethnic or religious concepts. The term genocide has become widespread, even though the massacre has not targeted particular groups.

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MASSACRE

acre · alacre · bico-de-lacre · calacre · fiacre · jacre · lacre · nacre · pau-de-lacre · pau-lacre · sacre · álacre

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MASSACRE

massa · massa crítica · Massachusetts · massacrante · massacrar · massacroco · massadeira · massaembira · massagada · massageador · massagear · massagem · massagista · massai · massajar · massambala · massambará · massame · massamorda · massango

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT END LIKE MASSACRE

Claire · abre · affaire · aire · almiscre · are · açucre · bare · bucre · chambre · cocre · entre · hardware · inframedíocre · livre · madre · medíocre · ocre · pincre · volframocre

Synonyms and antonyms of massacre in the Portuguese dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MASSACRE» IN PORTUGUESE

The following Portuguese words have a similar or identical meaning as «massacre» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «massacre» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MASSACRE

Find out the translation of massacre to 25 languages with our Portuguese multilingual translator.

The translations of massacre from Portuguese to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «massacre» in Portuguese.
zh

Translator Portuguese - Chinese

大屠杀
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator Portuguese - Spanish

Masacre
570 millions of speakers
en

Translator Portuguese - English

massacre
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator Portuguese - Hindi

नरसंहार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Portuguese - Arabic

مجزرة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator Portuguese - Russian

бойня
278 millions of speakers
pt

Portuguese

massacre
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator Portuguese - Bengali

হত্যাকাণ্ড
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator Portuguese - French

massacre
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator Portuguese - Malay

pembunuhan beramai-ramai
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator Portuguese - German

Massaker
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator Portuguese - Japanese

虐殺
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator Portuguese - Korean

대학살
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator Portuguese - Javanese

ontran-ontran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Portuguese - Vietnamese

tàn sát
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator Portuguese - Tamil

படுகொலை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator Portuguese - Marathi

हत्याकांड
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator Portuguese - Turkish

katliam
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator Portuguese - Italian

strage
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator Portuguese - Polish

masakra
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator Portuguese - Ukrainian

бійня
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator Portuguese - Romanian

masacru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Portuguese - Greek

σφαγή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Portuguese - Afrikaans

slagting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Portuguese - Swedish

massaker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Portuguese - Norwegian

massakre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of massacre

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MASSACRE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of massacre
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our Portuguese online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «massacre».

Examples of use in the Portuguese literature, quotes and news about massacre

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2 PORTUGUESE QUOTES WITH «MASSACRE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word massacre.
1
Thomas Huxley
A grande tragédia da ciência: o massacre de uma bela hipótese por parte de um horrível facto.
2
Paul Valéry
A guerra é um massacre entre pessoas que não se conhecem para proveito de pessoas que se conhecem mas não se massacram.

10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «MASSACRE»

Discover the use of massacre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to massacre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
1
The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French ...
When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730s held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats they could lay their hands on, why did they find it so hilariously funny that they choked with laughter when they reenacted ...
Robert Darnton, 2009
2
Massacre Indigena Guarani
Este livro conta a história de uma aldeia que é atacada por homens não-índios.
Luiz Karai, 2006
3
Sobrevivente André du Rap: (do massacre do Carandiru)
José André de Araújo é um detento que presenciou o Massacre do Carandiru, e neste livro ele faz o primeiro relato sobre o ocorrido.
André du Rap, Bruno Zeni, 2002
4
The Boston Massacre
Part riot, part slaughter, the Boston Massacre of March 1770 was a political cause celebre and one of the key events leading to the American Revolution.
Robert J. Allison, 2006
5
Massacre River
A tale set against a backdrop of 1937's massacre of thousands of Haitians under the orders of power-mad generalissimo Trujillo finds the loving interracial marriage of Dominican Pedro and Haitian AdäA le shattered when a group of soldiers ...
Rene Philoctete, 2008
6
The Colfax Massacre : The Untold Story of Black Power, White ...
LeeAnna Keith gives readers both a gripping narrative account of that portentous day and a nuanced historical analysis of its far-reaching repercussions.
New York City LeeAnna Keith Collegiate School, 2008
7
The My Lai Massacre in American History and Memory
. . This is the first book to examine the response of American society to the My Lai massacre and its ambiguous place in American national memory. Kendrick Oliver argues that the massacre revelations left many Americans untroubled.
Kendrick Oliver, 2006
8
The Nanjing Massacre in History and Historiography
A compelling historiographic study of the Rape of Nanjing during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, one of the worst atrocities of all times, and of the event's repercussions.
Joshua A. Fogel, 2000
9
Massacre
The tragedy at Bangla Desh and the phenomenon of mass slaughter throughout history [cover].
Robert Payne, 1973
10
The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War, ...
Through unprecedented archival research and gripping personal testimonies, Greg Grandin powerfully challenges these views in this classic work.
‎2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASSACRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term massacre is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Em 10 anos, EUA têm mais mortos em massacres do que em …
Na quarta-feira, nove pessoas foram mortas e sete ficaram feridas em um massacre em uma faculdade do Estado de Oregon e, em seguida, o próprio atirador ... «BBC Brasil, Oct 15»
2
Noruegueses voltam a ilha 4 anos após massacre que deixou 69 …
É um lugar minúsculo – algumas poucas centenas de metros quadrados de uma colina com florestas e algumas clareiras. Um lugar tranquilo com flores ... «BBC Brasil, Aug 15»
3
As fotografias do massacre de Srebrenica: o inimaginável …
Uma exposição em Sarajevo assinala os vinte anos do massacre de Srebrenica. Há duas décadas, oito mil homens e rapazes bósnios foram assassinados ... «euronews, Jul 15»
4
Mundo lembra massacre de 1,5 milhão de armênios na 1ª Guerra …
Armênios voltam a protestar, pedindo que o massacre seja considerado um genocídio. Turquia nega, dizendo que mortes foram consequência da guerra. «Globo.com, Apr 15»
5
Ato em Eldorado dos Carajás relembra massacre de trabalhadores
Um ato realizado nesta sexta-feira (17) em Eldorado dos Carajás, no sudeste do Pará, relembra a morte de 19 trabalhadores rurais ligados ao Movimento dos ... «Globo.com, Apr 15»
6
Último réu do Massacre do Carandiru é condenado a 624 anos de …
O último réu do julgamento do Massacre do Carandiru foi condenado, na madrugada de hoje (10), a 624 anos de prisão em regime fechado. A pena foi ... «EBC, Dec 14»
7
Massacre da Praça da Paz Celestial ainda é censurado na China …
No 4 de junho de 1989, o governo chinês colocou fim aos dois meses de ocupação estudantil da praça central da capital, Pequim, graças a uma violenta ... «Último Segundo - iG, Jun 14»
8
Acusação: massacre do Carandiru legitima violência policial
O promotor de Justiça Márcio Friggi, que pede a condenação de 15 policiais militares acusados por quatro homicídios no episódio que ficou conhecido por ... «Terra Brasil, Apr 14»
9
Advogado do caso do Massacre do Carandiru ameaça anular …
O advogado dos dez policiais, réus na quarta etapa do julgamento do Massacre do Carandiru, Celso Vendramini, disse que poderá pedir amanhã (18), ao juiz ... «EBC, Mar 14»
10
Massacre do Carandiru: mais 15 policiais serão julgados a partir …
Começa nesta segunda-feira (17), o 3º bloco do julgamento dos envolvidos no massacre do Carandiru. Desta vez, 15 policiais se sentarão no banco dos réus, ... «R7, Feb 14»
REFERENCE
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