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Descanso by the side of the Route 250 in the USA

Borrowed from Spanish descanso (“place of rest, as of a funeral procession”).

  • IPA(key): /dɛsˈkɑːnsoʊ/
  • Hyphenation: des‧can‧so

descanso (plural descansos)

  1. A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.

    The highways of the USA are littered with descansos, silent reminders of automobile accidents.

descanso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of descansar

descanso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of descansar
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
  • Hyphenation: des‧can‧so

Deverbal from descansar (“to rest”), des- +‎ cansar (“to tire”), from Latin campsāre.

descanso m (plural descansos)

  1. rest (relief from exertion; state of quiet and recreation)
    Synonyms: repouso, sossego, folga
    Antonyms: lavor, labor, trabalho, serviço

descanso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of descansar
  • IPA(key): /desˈkanso/ [d̪esˈkãn.so]
  • Rhymes: -anso
  • Syllabification: des‧can‧so

Deverbal from descansar.

descanso m (plural descansos)

  1. rest, break
    Synonym: receso
  2. relief
    Synonym: alivio
  3. (sports) half-time
    Synonym: entretiempo

descanso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of descansar