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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /belaˈdoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ve‧la‧dor
Noun
velador m (plural veladores)
- candlestick
- Synonym: candelabro
- (Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, northern Argentina) nightstand, pedestal table
- Synonym: mesa de noche
- (Latin America) guard, watchman, sentinel (historical) (man employed as nighttime guard)
- (Argentina, Paraguay) night lamp, bedside lamp
- (Mexico) lampshade
- Synonym: pantalla
- (Uruguay, Argentina) night light, nightlight
Related terms
Further reading
Zoogocho Zapotec
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish velador.
Noun
velador
- candle
References
- Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38) (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 284