English-Portuguese translations for ancestral

• ancestral
  Os verdadeiros requerentes de asilo devem procurar refúgio no primeiro país seguro que encontrem; num país a que estejam ligados do ponto de vista cultural, religioso e ancestral. Genuine asylum seekers should seek refuge in the first safe country; one that will be culturally, religiously and ancestrally related to them.
  Caros Colegas, a Europa, enquanto espaço ancestral de cultura, não pode continuar de braços cruzados perante estes problemas que a fazem sofrer. Ladies and gentlemen, Europe, as the ancestral home of culture, cannot continue to do nothing in the face of these problems that make it suffer.

Definition of ancestral

• Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors

Examples

• an ancestral estate
• ones ancestral home

Related words

• ancestrality
• ancestral shrine
• ancestral portrait
• ancestral lands