- sepulcral
- adj.1 lugubrious, gloomy (profundo) (voz, silencio).2 sepulchral, deathlike, deathly, tumular.* * *sepulcral► adjetivo1 sepulchral\FRASEOLOGÍAsilencio sepulcral figurado deathly silence* * *ADJ1) (=del sepulcro) sepulchral
la inscripción sepulcral — the inscription on the tomb o grave
2) (=sombrío) gloomy, dismalsilencio sepulcral — deathly silence
* * *adjetivoa) (liter) <silencio> deathlyhacía un frío sepulcral — it was deathly cold
b) <inscripción>la inscripción sepulcral — the inscription on the tomb
piedras/túmulos sepulcrales — tombstones/burial mounds
* * *= sepulchral.Ex. Libraries are not the silent sepulchral halls of popular myth, but busy and often noisy workplaces, and mishearing is not uncommon.* * *adjetivoa) (liter) <silencio> deathlyhacía un frío sepulcral — it was deathly cold
b) <inscripción>la inscripción sepulcral — the inscription on the tomb
piedras/túmulos sepulcrales — tombstones/burial mounds
* * *= sepulchral.Ex: Libraries are not the silent sepulchral halls of popular myth, but busy and often noisy workplaces, and mishearing is not uncommon.
* * *sepulcraladjective1 (liter); ‹silencio› deathlyse hizo un silencio sepulcral there was a deathly hush, everything went deadly quiet2 ‹inscripción›la inscripción sepulcral estaba en latín the inscription on the tomb o (liter) sepulcher was in Latinparecían piedras/túmulos sepulcrales they looked like tombstones/burial mounds* * *
sepulcral adjetivo (liter) ‹silencio› deathly
sepulcral adjetivo
1 sepulchral
2 (silencio) deathly
'sepulcral' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
silencio
English:
deathly
- stony
* * *sepulcral adj1. [del sepulcro]arte sepulcral funerary art;una escultura sepulcral a funerary sculpture2. [profundo] [voz] lugubrious;[frío] deathly;reinaba un silencio sepulcral it was as silent as the grave* * *sepulcraladj fig : silencio, frío deathly; voz sepulchral* * *sepulcral adj1) : sepulcral2) : dismal, gloomy
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.