velatorio
Spanish, noun/belaˈtoɾjo/
velatorio is spelled V-E-L-A-T-O-R-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velatorio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wake (for the dead)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de velar”.
What does velatorio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
funeral parlour; funereal
noun
- 1
masculinewake (for the dead)
- 2
masculinefuneral parlour
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de velar. 2. Lugar en donde se velan a los difuntos.
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 velatorio
- velatoria feminine
- velatorios masculine plural
- velatorias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velatorio?
- /belaˈtoɾjo/
- [be.laˈt̪o.ɾjo]
- [belaˈt̪oɾjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is velatorio in Spanish?
velatorio appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).