violáceo

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See also: violaceo

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)

  1. 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.
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