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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)
- burial, interment
- Synonym: sepultura
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
entierro
- first-person singular present indicative of enterrar
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