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memorial

memorial, remembrance ceremony

noun meh-moh-RYAHL Rare

Origin: From Latin memoriale.

Also means

petition, memorial document

Usage Note

Memorial is masculine: el memorial. In modern use it most commonly refers to a commemorative ceremony or monument honouring those who died: un memorial de guerra ('a war memorial'). Its older legal sense of a written petition is still found in formal or historical texts.

Examples

"Asistimos al memorial de las víctimas."

Natural Translation

We attended the victims' memorial.

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