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Velorio

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese velório.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vəˈlorɪ̯o/
  • Rhymes: -orɪ̯o
  • Syllabification: Ve‧lo‧rio

Noun

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Velorio m (plural Velorios)

  1. wake (period after a person's death before or after the body is buried)

References

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  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Velorio”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 169, column 2