English-Portuguese translations for impurity

• impureza
  Uma dessas impurezas é o óxido de etileno, que se verificou ser cancerígeno, como o reconhecem os meios científicos envolvidos. One such impurity is ethylene oxide, which the relevant scientific authorities recognise is a proven carcinogen.
• impuridade
• impudor

Definition of impurity

• The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification
• A component or additive that renders something else impure
• A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity

Examples

• Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead
• The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult
• With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity

Related words

• impure
• impurely
• impureness
• impure s
• limpurger cattle