"profano" meaning in Portuguese

See profano in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɾoˈfɐ̃.nu/ [Brazil], /pɾuˈfɐ.nu/ [Portugal], /pɾuˈfa.nu/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: profana [feminine], profanos [masculine, plural], profanas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɐnu Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from prō- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”). Etymology templates: {{wp|pt:}}, {{lbor|pt|la|profānus|t=not religious, unclean}} Learned borrowing from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), {{af|la|prō-|fānum|nocat=1|t1=before|t2=temple}} prō- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”) Head templates: {{pt-adj}} profano (feminine profana, masculine plural profanos, feminine plural profanas)
  1. profane; unholy (desecrating a holy place or thing) Synonyms: blasfemador, blasfemo, herege, herético, ímpio
    Sense id: en-profano-pt-adj-gtyyRfaS
  2. profane; secular (not relating to religion) Synonyms: laico, leigo, mundano, secular, temporal
    Sense id: en-profano-pt-adj-yrMfmfNh Categories (other): Religion Disambiguation of Religion: 0 100 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɾoˈfɐ̃.nu/ [Brazil], /pɾuˈfɐ.nu/ [Portugal], /pɾuˈfa.nu/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: profanos [plural], profana [feminine], profanas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɐnu Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from prō- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”). Etymology templates: {{wp|pt:}}, {{lbor|pt|la|profānus|t=not religious, unclean}} Learned borrowing from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), {{af|la|prō-|fānum|nocat=1|t1=before|t2=temple}} prō- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|f=+}} profano m (plural profanos, feminine profana, feminine plural profanas)
  1. one who is profane (desecrating a holy place or thing) Tags: masculine Synonyms: profanador Related terms: profanado, profanador, profanamente, profanar, profanatório, profanável, profanete, profanidade
    Sense id: en-profano-pt-noun-GkUnsKwd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /pɾoˈfɐ̃.nu/ [Brazil], /pɾuˈfɐ.nu/ [Portugal], /pɾuˈfa.nu/ [Northern, Portugal]
Rhymes: -ɐnu Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} profano
  1. first-person singular present indicative of profanar Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: profanar
    Sense id: en-profano-pt-verb-6PQV~iIi Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 22 22 2 0 2 1 10 3 1 2 1 4 1 3 10 4 1 1 1 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 17 1 0 1 0 14 4 1 1 1 4 1 4 14 4 1 0 0 14 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 13 13 3 0 3 1 13 4 2 2 2 5 2 4 13 5 2 1 1 13 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 20 10 18 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɾoˈfɐ̃.nu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɾuˈfɐ.nu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɾuˈfa.nu/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐnu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "profano"
}

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