esponsales

Definitions of esponsales
  1. noun
    archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast
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    type of:
    boda, casamiento, himeneo
    the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
  2. noun
    a mutual promise to marry
    synonyms: desposorios
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    type of:
    promesa
    a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
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