sepulcro

Latin

Noun

sepulcrō

1. dative/ablative singular of sepulcrum

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈpulkɾo/

Noun

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. grave, tomb

   Synonym: sepultura f

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:

     depues eſt emp̠ador domicianus eſilio aſant iuan apoſtol e euangeliſta. euenos ala ẏſla de padmo^s e cõuertio grãd pũeblo. e aun dia de domingo entro biuo enel ſepulcro depues reguardarõ ſos om̃s el ſepulcro e noẏ trobarõ ſino magna q̃ bullie eolio.

     After this, the emperor Domitian exiled Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, and he came to the island of Patmos and converted many people. And on a Sunday he entered the grave alive. Later, when his followers inspected the grave, they found there nothing but manna that bubbled and oil.

Descendants

• Spanish: sepulcro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sepulchro (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈpuw.kɾu/ [seˈpuʊ̯.kɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈpuw.kɾu/ [seˈpuʊ̯.kɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈpuw.kɾo/ [seˈpuʊ̯.kɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈpul.kɾu/ [sɨˈpuɫ.kɾu]

Noun

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. sepulchre (burial chamber)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sepulcro, borrowed from Latin sepulcrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈpulkɾo/ [seˈpul.kɾo]
• Rhymes: -ulkɾo
• Syllabification: se‧pul‧cro

Noun

sepulcro m (plural sepulcros)

1. sepulchre
2. grave, tomb

   Synonyms: tumba, entierro

Derived terms

• bajar al sepulcro

 

Related terms

• sepultar
• sepultura

 

Further reading

• “sepulcro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10