English-Italian translations for sacrifice

sacrificareVi domando: abbiamo intenzione di sacrificare tale risultato? I ask you: are we going to sacrifice this success? Non potremo mai sacrificare l'una all'altra. We shall never be able to sacrifice one to the other. Non dobbiamo sacrificare il lungo termine a vantaggio del breve termine. We must not sacrifice the long term to the short term.
sacrificioChiedere un sacrificio va bene, ma anche il sacrificio ha un prezzo. It is fine to ask for sacrifice but sacrifice also comes at a price. Non dobbiamo dimenticare il loro sacrificio. We should remember their sacrifice. Non vogliamo che il loro sacrificio rimanga vano. We do not want their sacrifice to be in vain.

immolarsiLo struzzo, dunque, è pronto a immolarsi per le generazioni future: è simbolo di coraggio e dedizione! The ostrich, therefore, is there to sacrifice itself for future generations: it is a symbol of courage and devotion!

To offer as a gift to a deity
To trade for something of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more, such as an ally or business relationship, or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money
To intentionally give up in order to improve one’s position on the board
To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value
The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite
The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; the devotion of something desirable to something higher, or to a calling deemed more pressing
Something sacrificed
A loss of profit

Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to sacrifice the life of a deer
the sacrifice of ones spare time in order to volunteer

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