velorio
Spanish, noun/beˈloɾjo/
velorio is spelled V-E-L-O-R-I-O (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,452nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velorio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wake (for the dead)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El acto de velar los cadáveres”.
What does velorio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewake (for the dead)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El acto de velar los cadáveres. 2. Figuradamente, fiesta o baile sin animación y poco concurridos.
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 velorio
- velorios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velorio?
- /beˈloɾjo/
- [beˈlo.ɾjo]
- [beˈloɾjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to velorio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is velorio in Spanish?
velorio appears 1.1 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).