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veladamente: in a veiled or hidden way
velador: candlestick; nightstand; bedside table; nightlight, bedside lamp; lampshade; night watchman
veladora: votive candle, prayer candle, religious candle (ceremonial or nonceremonial ones sold in stores); alternative form of velador (“bedside lamp”); oil lamp; feminine singular of velador (“night watchman”)
veladura: glaze
velamen: set of sails of a boat
velamentoso: velamentous
velar: to watch, guard; to be vigilant; to ensure, see to, guarantee; to look after, look out for, watch over, monitor; to sit up (with an ill person)
velar: to veil; to conceal, cover, hide (of information); to fog
velar: velar
velarización: velarization
velarizar: to velarize
velarte: broadcloth, fine cloth
velasquino: of, from or relating to José Miguel de Velasco Province
velasquino: native or inhabitant of José Miguel de Velasco Province (usually male)
velasquismo: support of Juan Velasco Alvarado, president of Peru from 1968 to 1975; the presidency of Juan Velasco Alvarado
velasquista: of José María Velasco Ibarra (five-time president of Ecuador); Ibarra's
velasquista: a supporter of José María Velasco Ibarra
velatorio: funeral parlour; funereal
velatorio: wake (for the dead); funeral parlour
velatón: candlelit (service or protest in remembrance of a deceased person or people)
velay: whatever; fine; sounds good
velazqueño: of Diego Velázquez; Velázquez's (of or relating to his style of art)
velc: abbreviation of velocidad
velcro: Velcro
velde: pronunciation spelling of verde, representing Puerto Rico Spanish
veleidad: caprice, whimsy; fickleness
veleidoso: fickle
velerismo: sailing (a recreational activity)
velerista: sailing
velerista: sailor (especially a dinghy sailor)
velero: sailboat; sailmaking
velero: sailmaker; candlemaker
veleta: weather vane; weathercock (person who constantly changes their mind); veleta (dance)
veleto: Having very high horns
veleño: obsolete spelling of beleño
veleño: of, from or relating to Vélez, Santander
veleño: native or inhabitant of Vélez, Santander (usually male)
velicación: The creation of a surgical puncture.
velicar: To perform a surgical puncture.
velintonia: giant redwood
vellido: synonym of velloso (“hairy, fluffy”)
vello: body hair, androgenic hair, vellus hair; facial hair
vello androgénico: body hair, androgenic hair
vello corporal: body hair
vello púbico: pubic hair
vellocino: fleece
vellosidad: hairiness
vellosilla: hawkweed
vellositario: villous
velloso: hairy; fluffy
velluda: hairy woman (Usually referring to excess of arm, chest, or pubic hair (not head hair))
velludo: hairy-bodied
velludo: felt, velvet
vellón: fleece
velmez: clothing that is worn under the armor.
velo: veil (something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of a diaphanous material)
velo de novia: certain plants
velo del paladar: velum, soft palate
velocidad: speed; velocity; gear
velocidad angular: angular velocity