sepultura

f.

1 burial (enterramiento).

2 grave (fosa).

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sepultura

► nombre femenino

1 (lugar) grave

2 (acto) burial

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar sepultura a alguien to bury somebody

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SF

1) (=acción) burial

dar sepultura a — to bury

dar cristiana sepultura a algn — to give sb a Christian burial

recibir sepultura — to be buried

2) (=tumba) grave, tomb

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femenino

a) (acción) burial

le dieron sepultura en el panteón familiar — she was buried in the family vault

b) (tumba) tomb, grave

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= grave, sepulchre [sepulcher, -USA].

Ex. From a tiny fragment of the page of a Bible found in the grave of an Indian girl buried in the 17th century, it was possible to discover the particular edition of the Bible that it came from.

Ex. The archaic view of the library as a vaulted sepulchre, quiet and solemn, must be revised.

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femenino

a) (acción) burial

le dieron sepultura en el panteón familiar — she was buried in the family vault

b) (tumba) tomb, grave

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= grave, sepulchre [sepulcher, -USA].

Ex: From a tiny fragment of the page of a Bible found in the grave of an Indian girl buried in the 17th century, it was possible to discover the particular edition of the Bible that it came from.

Ex: The archaic view of the library as a vaulted sepulchre, quiet and solemn, must be revised.

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sepultura

feminine

1 (acción) burial

sus restos recibieron cristiana sepultura his remains received a Christian burial

le dieron sepultura en el panteón familiar she was buried in the family vault

2 (tumba) tomb, grave

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sepultura sustantivo femenino

a) (acción) burial

b) (tumba) tomb, grave

sepultura sustantivo femenino grave
♦ Locuciones: dar sepultura a alguien, to bury sb
'sepultura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hoyo
- profanar
English:
grave
- gravestone

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sepultura nf

1. [enterramiento] burial;

dar sepultura a to bury;

recibir sepultura to be buried;

recibió cristiana sepultura he received a Christian burial

2. [fosa] grave

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sepultura

f

1 burial;

dar sepultura a alguien bury s.o.

2 (tumba) tomb;

estar con un pie en la sepultura fig have one foot in the grave

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sepultura nf

1) : burial

2) tumba: grave, tomb

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sepultura n grave