viuda

f.

1 widow (person).

Condesa viuda de countess widow of

2 viuda, a noteworthy bird of South America and Africa; a tyrant fly-catcher. (Zoology)

3 mourning widow or mourning bride; scabious. (Botany)

4 widow bird, whydah.

5 mourning bride, field scabious, sweet scabious.

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f., (m. - viudo)

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SF

1)

viuda negra — (=araña) black widow (spider)

2) (And, Cono Sur) (=fantasma) ghost

3) (And) (Culin) fish stew

4) (Caribe) (=cometa) large kite

viudo

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= widow, dowager.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a personas con título nobiliario.

Ex. It was common for printers' widows to take over their husbands' businesses, at least until they remarried.

Ex. This item of antique jewellery has been in the family for generations and successive dowagers have worn it.

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* pensión de viuda = widow's pension.

* viuda de guerra = war widow.

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= widow, dowager.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a personas con título nobiliario.

Ex: It was common for printers' widows to take over their husbands' businesses, at least until they remarried.

Ex: This item of antique jewellery has been in the family for generations and successive dowagers have worn it.

* pensión de viuda = widow's pension.

* viuda de guerra = war widow.

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viuda

feminine

viudo² (↑ viudo (2))

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viudo,-a
I adjetivo widowed
II m,f (hombre) widower
(mujer) widow
'viuda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
respeto
- Vda.
- ser
- viudo
English:
widow
- dowager

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viuda nf

1. [planta] mourning bride

2. Imprenta widow

3. viuda negra [araña] black widow

4. ver viudo

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viuda

f widow

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viuda n widow