descanso
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish descanso (“place of rest, as of a funeral procession”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /dɛsˈkɑːnsoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: des‧can‧so
Noun
editdescanso (plural descansos)
- A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- The highways of the USA are littered with descansos, silent reminders of automobile accidents.
Anagrams
editAsturian
editVerb
editdescanso
Catalan
editVerb
editdescanso
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
- Hyphenation: des‧can‧so
Etymology 1
editDeverbal from descansar (“to rest”), des- + cansar (“to tire”), from Latin campsāre.
Noun
editdescanso m (plural descansos)
- rest (relief from exertion; state of quiet and recreation)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editdescanso
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /desˈkanso/ [d̪esˈkãn.so]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -anso
- Syllabification: des‧can‧so
Etymology 1
editNoun
editdescanso m (plural descansos)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editdescanso
Further reading
edit- “descanso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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