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tabú Noun Masculine

[Subject: Culture And Institutions]

- Lo desconocido. Lo que no puede decirse ni hacerse.
Lo prohibido e intocable.
Preceptos negativos o prohibiciones en relación con los objetos, ropa, personas, palabras, actos, etc. Relativo a lo sagrado, peligroso o poco claro.
Según algunas religiones polinésicas, prohibición de comer o tocar algunos objetos o elementos

Translated by: SYLVIA VERGARA

Etymology: del polinesio, tapú
Synonym: secreto
Synonym: hermético
Synonym: sagrado
Plural: tabúes
Error: tabu

Translated in 41 languages

Translations40
	English	taboo
	Italian	tabù
	French	tabou
	German	Tabu
	Russian	табу
	Arabic	محرم; محظور
	Bislama	kastom tambu; tambu; tabu
	Brazilian Portuguese	tabu
	Catalan	tabú
	Danish	tabu
	Dutch	taboe
	Esperanto	tabuo
	Fiji	tabu
	Finnish	tabu
	Gujarati	મનાઈ
	Hawaiian	kapu
	Hindi	निषेध
	Icelandic	tabú; bannhelgi
	Indonesian	tabu
	Irish	geis
	Japanese	物忌み; タブー; 禁忌
	Latin	secretum
	Luxembourgish	Tabu
	Malagasy	fady
	Malay	pantang larang
	Maori	ārai
	Marathi	मनाई
	Norwegian Bokmål	tabu
	Norwegian Nynorsk	tabu
	Persian	تابو
	Portuguese	tabu
	Punjabi	ਨਿਖੇਧ
	Sanskrit	प्रतिषेधः
	Somali	xaaraan
	Swahili	mwiko; katazo
	Swedish	tabu
	Traditional Chinese	禁忌
	Valencian	sagrat
	Vietnamese	cấm
	Welsh	tabŵ

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