velatón
Spanish, noun/belaˈton/
velatón is spelled V-E-L-A-T-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velatón is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “candlelit (service or protest in remembrance of a deceased person or people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Homenaje masivo que se hace a una o varias personas fallecidas, encendiendo velas y orando por ellos. Menos…”.
What does velatón mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecandlelit (service or protest in remembrance of a deceased person or people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homenaje masivo que se hace a una o varias personas fallecidas, encendiendo velas y orando por ellos. Menos frecuentemente, se usa para pedir al Señor algo que la comunidad desea o anhela con fervor.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of velatón
- velatones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velatón?
- /belaˈton/
- [be.laˈt̪õn]
- [belaˈt̪õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is velatón in Spanish?
velatón appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).