Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

grave-clothes

Spanish translation:

mortaja

Added to glossary by Ana Juliá
Oct 13, 2003 16:50
20 yrs ago
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English term

grave-clothes

English to Spanish Art/Literary Religion religion
What would you have thought if you had met the widow's son in the gate of Nain, lying on a bier, wrapped about with grave-clothes, followed by his weeping mother, carried slowly towards the tomb? (Luke 7:12)

Proposed translations

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mortaja

es la "ropa" que lleva el muerto
Peer comment(s):

agree Sol
2 mins
agree Ana Gomez Lopez : eso es
8 mins
agree Oso (X)
11 mins
agree Luis Rosas Priego
14 mins
agree Monica Colangelo
25 mins
agree Javier Herrera : Exacto: "wrapped about with grave-clothes" = amortajado
44 mins
agree iveiga
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "¡Gracias, Gabriela!"
3 mins

ropa spulcral

Ropa que debe ser negra...triste por lo menos.
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