verónica
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the proper name Verónica/Verônica.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ve‧ró‧ni‧ca
Noun edit
verónica f (plural verónicas) (European spelling)
- (Christianity iconography) veronica (image of Jesus’s face on a cloth)
- speedwell (any plant of the genus Veronica)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From the proper name Verónica.
Noun edit
verónica f (plural verónicas)
- speedwell
- an act in bullfighting where the matador lets his cloak trail over the bull's head
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “verónica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014