Spanish Word of the Day: vela

[Sam Wilson]

LiCR,

vela 📢 - candle, wake, (nautical) sail

vela

FEMININE NOUN

1.  [de cera] candle

2.  (= vigilia) vigil

3.  (informal) (= moco) bogey (informal)

4.  (Bullfighting) (informal) horn

5.  (= trabajo nocturno) night work

(Military) (period of) sentry duty

6.  (Latin America) (= velorio) wake

7.  (Southern Cone) (= molestia) nuisance

8.  (Caribbean, Mexico) (= bronca) telling-off (informal)

9. (Nautical) sail

• barco de vela
  sailing ship
  
  
• estar a dos velas
  to be in the dark (unknowing)
  
  
• encender una vela a Dios y otra al diablo
  to have it both ways
  
  
• ¿Quién te dio vela en este entierro?
  Who asked you to butt in?
  
  
• estar en vela
  to be unable to get to sleep
  
  
• pasar la noche en vela
  to have a sleepless night
  
  
• hacerse a la vela
  to set sail
  
  
• a toda vela
  under full sail; vigorously; energetically
  
  
• plegar velas
  to slow down
  
  

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Sam

[Gene French]

This makes perfect sense!!!

Not...

Thanks sam...

[Christopher Howard]

MI grano de arena…

 

Conciliar el sueño: To fall asleep , dormirse or caer dormido.. or in tico talk clavar el pico

El/la Insomne: insomniac

Insomnio: Imsomnia Tener insomnio is to have it.

Noctambúlo/a:  Night owl

No pegar el ojo en toda la noche: To not sleep a wink.

Pasar la noche en vela: To not sleep

Sonámbulo: Sleepwalker…….Caminar dormido..

Somnífero: Sleeping pill

Trasnocharse or desvelarse: To stay up all night

Trasnochador or lechuza trasnochadora:  Night owl

 

Sorry…Me fui por la tangente…To go off on a tangent

 

[Joe Harrison]

y mi medio grano de arena: Another word for candle is la candela.  I think this is more the longer, table-type candle, while la vela is generally the church-style smaller, devotional candle.  joe

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[Sam Wilson]

LiCR,

The only one I ever hear is "vela" as in wake, as in before taking that last ride to el Panteón... If it is for anyone we know, we at least do the cursory, drop by and chat for a bit.  For close friends and family, we likely will do the all night vigil thing.  All night vigils can actually be a bit of fun after the seriousness of the subject at hand wears off.  For many/most of the all-nighters it will become a good ole swap gossip party.  Death draws us together and there are stories to tell...

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