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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /bjoˈlaθeo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bjoˈlaseo/
- Rhymes: -aθeo
- Rhymes: -aseo
- Syllabification: vio‧lá‧ce‧o
Adjective
violáceo (feminine violácea, masculine plural violáceos, feminine plural violáceas)
- violaceous, violet-colored
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 160:Las personas que muestran en la cara una mancha obscura, entre la negra, y violácea, nacieron con este feo estigma porque sus madres, durante el embarazo, tuvieron la imprudencia de contemplar algún eclipse de luna o de sol.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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