velador

• IPA^(key): /belaˈdoɾ/ [be.laˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ve‧la‧dor

velador m (plural veladores)

1. candlestick

   Synonym: candelabro

2. (Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, northern Argentina) nightstand; bedside table

   Synonym: mesa de noche

3. (Rioplatense, Bolivia, Paraguay) nightlight, bedside lamp
4. (Mexico) lampshade

   Synonym: pantalla

velador m (plural veladores, feminine veladora, feminine plural veladoras)

1. (Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, historical) night watchman

• “velador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish velador.

velador

1. candle

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 284