veladura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.laˈdu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.laˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.laˈdu.ɾa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.lɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [vɨ.lɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.lɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [vɨ.lɐˈðu.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.lɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [bɨ.lɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: ve‧la‧du‧ra

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• velatura

Noun

veladura f (plural veladuras)

1. glaze (semi-transparent layer of paint)

Etymology 2

Noun

veladura f (plural veladuras)

1. vigil (watch kept during the night over the body of a person)

   Synonym: vigília

Spanish

Noun

veladura f (plural veladuras)

1. (painting) glaze

Further reading

• “veladura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16