velador

See also: Velador

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /belaˈdoɾ/ [be.laˈð̞oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: ve‧la‧dor

Noun

velador m (plural veladores)

candlestick
Synonym: candelabro
(Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, northern Argentina) nightstand, pedestal table
Synonym: mesa de noche
(Latin America) guard, watchman, sentinel (historical) (man employed as nighttime guard)
(Argentina, Paraguay) night lamp, bedside lamp
(Mexico) lampshade
Synonym: pantalla
(Uruguay, Argentina) night light, nightlight

Related terms

Further reading

“velador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish velador.

Noun

velador

candle

References

Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 284

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