ofrenda
See also: ofrendá
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish ofrenda.
Noun
editofrenda (plural ofrendas)
- A shrine of offerings to one's ancestors set up on the Day of the Dead.
- 1998, Juanita Garciagodoy, Digging the Days of the Dead, University Press of Colorado, page 95:
- Other marginalized groups draw attention to their cause through large public ofrendas that usually include pictorial or sculptural and sometimes literary calaveras.
- 2001, Karen Mary Davalos, Exhibiting Mestizaje, University of New Mexico Press, page 145:
- This show featured installations, painting, and sculptures, all of which are recast as ofrendas to the dead.
Further reading
edit- Day of the Dead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSemi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin offerenda, from Latin offerendus. Compare French offrande, Catalan ofrena, Portuguese oferenda.
Noun
editofrenda f (plural ofrendas)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editofrenda
- inflection of ofrendar:
Further reading
edit- “ofrenda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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