verónica
See also: veronica, Veronica, verônica, Verónica, and Verônica
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- verônica (Brazilian)
Etymology
From the proper name Verônica.
Noun
verónica f (plural verónicas) (European spelling)
- (Christian iconography) veronica (image of Jesus’s face on a cloth)
- speedwell (any plant of the genus Veronica)
Spanish
Etymology
From the proper name Verónica.
Noun
verónica f (plural verónicas)
- speedwell
- an act in bullfighting where the matador lets his cloak trail over the bull's head
Further reading
- “verónica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014