- reliquia
- f.relic (restos).este ordenador es una reliquia this computer is a museum piece* * *reliquia► nombre femenino1 relic* * *SF1) (Rel) relic2) pl reliquias (=restos) relics, remains; (=vestigios) traces, vestiges
reliquia de familia — family heirloom
3) (Med)reliquias — after effects
4) Méx (=exvoto) offering, votive offering* * *femenino relicuna reliquia de familia — a family heirloom
guardar algo como una reliquia — to treasure something
lo guardo como una reliquia suya — I kept it in memory of him
* * *= relic, relique, hangover [hang-over], holdover.Ex. The argument in support of this proposal rests on the following assertions: The main entry is a relic of the early days of the printed book catalog when, for reasons of space and cost of printing, a book was to be represented by one entry only.Ex. The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's 'Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.Ex. English's dominant role is a hangover from colonialism.Ex. As I've said before, these conventions are antiquated -- they are holdovers from an older era.----* reliquia de familia = heirloom.* reliquia del pasado = relic of the past.* reliquia familiar = heirloom.* * *femenino relicuna reliquia de familia — a family heirloom
guardar algo como una reliquia — to treasure something
lo guardo como una reliquia suya — I kept it in memory of him
* * *= relic, relique, hangover [hang-over], holdover.Ex: The argument in support of this proposal rests on the following assertions: The main entry is a relic of the early days of the printed book catalog when, for reasons of space and cost of printing, a book was to be represented by one entry only.
Ex: The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's 'Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.Ex: English's dominant role is a hangover from colonialism.Ex: As I've said before, these conventions are antiquated -- they are holdovers from an older era.* reliquia de familia = heirloom.* reliquia del pasado = relic of the past.* reliquia familiar = heirloom.* * *reliquiafemininereliclas reliquias del santo the relics of the saintlos palacios son sólo reliquias del esplendor del pasado the palaces are merely relics of past splendorla sortija es una reliquia de familia the ring is a family heirloomlo guardaba como una reliquia she treasured it* * *
reliquia sustantivo femenino
relic;◊ una reliquia de familia a family heirloom
reliquia sustantivo femenino
1 relic
una reliquia de familia, a family heirloom
2 (secuela de una enfermedad, accidente) after-effect
3 fam intensificador (antigualla) old relic
'reliquia' also found in these entries:
English:
relic
- hang
- heir
- remnant
* * *reliquia nf[restos] relic; [familiar] heirloom;esta costumbre es una reliquia de la Edad Media this custom is a relic from the Middle Ages;Fam Humesta computadora es una reliquia this computer is a museum piece* * *reliquiaf relic* * *reliquia nf1) : relic2)reliquia de familia : family heirloom
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.