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velorio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

Senses

velorio is used for these senses in English:

  • wake A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.

wake — full definition

  1. verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.
  2. noun A gathering held before or after a funeral to remember the person who died.
  3. noun The trail of disturbed water left behind a moving boat, or turbulence left behind anything moving through air or water.

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