"descanso" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛsˈkɑːnsoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-descanso.wav [Southern-England] Forms: descansos [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish descansardeverb. Spanish descansobor. English descanso Borrowed from Spanish descanso (“place of rest, as of a funeral procession”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|es:descanso<t:place of rest, as of a funeral procession>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Spanish descansardeverb. Spanish descansobor. English descanso [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "place of rest, as of a funeral procession", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "deverb.", "keyword_label" : "Deverbal from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "descansar", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "deverbal" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "descanso", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "descanso", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="descanso"> Borrowed from Spanish descanso (“place of rest, as of a funeral procession”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} descanso (plural descansos)
  1. A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.

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