velo
Spanish, noun
velo is spelled V-E-L-O (4 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,258th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “veil (something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of a diaphanous material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular imperative of ir combined with lo. With an accent, veló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of velar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tela, generalmente delgada, para cubrir algo que no se desea que quede a la vista”.
What does velo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineveil (something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of a diaphanous material)
verb
- 1
second-person singular imperative of ir combined with lo
- 2
first-person singular present indicative of velar
- 3
second-person singular imperative combined with lo
- 4
second-person singular voseo imperative combined with lo
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of velar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tela, generalmente delgada, para cubrir algo que no se desea que quede a la vista. 2. Prenda del traje femenino de calle, hecha de tul, gasa u otra tela delgada de seda o algodón, y con la cual suelen cubrirse las mujeres la cabeza, el cuello, a veces el rostro y otras veces el cuerpo completo. 3. Trozo de tul, gasa, etc., con que se guarnecen y adornan algunas mantillas por la parte superior. 4. El de uno u otro color que, sujeto por delante al sombrero, cubriendo el rostro, suelen llevar las señoras.
noun: 1. En la baraja española, el siete de oro.
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 velo
- velos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to velo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is velo in Spanish?
velo appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).