velador

See also: Velador

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /belaˈdoɾ/ [be.laˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ve‧la‧dor

Noun

velador m (plural veladores)

1. candlestick

   Synonym: candelabro

2. (Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, northern Argentina) nightstand, pedestal table

   Synonym: mesa de noche

3. (Latin America) guard, watchman, sentinel (historical) (man employed as nighttime guard)
4. (Argentina, Paraguay) night lamp, bedside lamp
5. (Mexico) lampshade

   Synonym: pantalla

6. (Uruguay, Argentina) night light, nightlight

Related terms

• vela
• veladora
• velar

 

Further reading

• “velador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish velador.

Noun

velador

1. candle

References

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 284