descanso

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

• IPA^(key): /dɛsˈkɑːnsoʊ/

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• 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.

• condessa

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

• descansado
• descansar

descanso

1. first-person singular present indicative of descansar

• IPA^(key): /desˈkanso/ [d̪esˈkãn.so]

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• 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

• “descanso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28