entierro

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enˈtjero/
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: en‧tie‧rro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from enterrar.

Noun

entierro m (plural entierros)

  1. burial, interment
    Synonym: sepultura
  2. (Chile) buried treasure
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 16:
      Cuando muere el dueño de un entierro, éste queda, por el término de un año, a merced del lo que busque; pasado este tiempo, si nadie ha dado con él, entra a ser propiedad de los Brujos.
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

entierro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of enterrar

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