ofrenda
See also: ofrendá
English
    

An ofrenda
Noun
    
ofrenda (plural ofrendas)
- A shrine of offerings to one's ancestors set up on the Day of the Dead.
- 1998, Juanita Garciagodoy, Digging the Days of the Dead, University Press of Colorado, page 95:- Other marginalized groups draw attention to their cause through large public ofrendas that usually include pictorial or sculptural and sometimes literary calaveras.
 
- 2001, Karen Mary Davalos, Exhibiting Mestizaje, University of New Mexico Press, page 145:- This show featured installations, painting, and sculptures, all of which are recast as ofrendas to the dead.
 
 
Further reading
    
 Day of the Dead on  Wikipedia.Wikipedia Day of the Dead on  Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /oˈfɾenda/ [oˈfɾẽn̪.d̪a]
- Rhymes: -enda
- Syllabification: o‧fren‧da
Etymology 1
    
Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin offerenda, from Latin offerendus. Compare French offrande, Catalan ofrena, Portuguese oferenda.
Verb
    
ofrenda
- inflection of ofrendar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
 
Further reading
    
- “ofrenda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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