noun, masculine/ˈbelo/plural: velos
veil (something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of a diaphanous material)
Related: correr el velo, velo de novia, velo del paladar
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlum Old Spanish velo Spanish velo Inherited from Old Spanish velo, from Latin vēlum (“sail; veil”), from Proto-Indo-European.