Sudario (en. Shroud)

/suˈðaɾjo/

Meaning & Definition

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noun

Piece of cloth used to wrap the body of a deceased person.

The shroud was carefully placed over the corpse.

El sudario fue colocado cuidadosamente sobre el cadáver.

Mantle considered sacred in some religious traditions.

In the church, a shroud is kept that is an object of veneration.

En la iglesia se conserva un sudario que es objeto de veneración.

Any sheet or piece of cloth that symbolically covers something.

The shroud covering the table was stained with ink.

El sudario que cubría la mesa estaba manchado de tinta.

From Latin 'sudarium', meaning 'towel' or 'cloth'.

shroud of Christ

Reference to the cloth that supposedly wrapped Jesus after his crucifixion.

sudario de Cristo

to leave in the shroud

Means to be buried or to be dead.

dejar en el sudario

shroud and winding sheet

It is used to refer to death, implying that we all end up the same.

sudario y mortaja

winding sheet

Cloth used to wrap the dead.

mortaja

mourning

Period of mourning for someone's death.

luto

tomb

Place where the dead are buried.

sepulcro

Shroud that represents the end of a relationship.

That farewell was the shroud of our friendship.

Esa despedida fue el sudario de nuestra amistad.

Used to refer to someone who has lost all hope.

Since he lost his job, he has been wearing a shroud as if nothing mattered.

Desde que perdió su trabajo, lleva un sudario como si no importara nada.