S Logo
 Dictionary
 Open and Collaborative
 Home page

Meaning of vestir santos



Pedro Murillo Image
Pedro Murillo

vestir santos
  15

It is said of women who never married.

  



furoya Image
furoya

Tradition in Catholic churches, which had (and some still have) religious images of the Virgin and saints to wear, to change their clothes according to the occasion. See to be left to dress saints ("to keep a woman single").

  

FRANCISCO JAVIER OSÉS SOLA Image
FRANCISCO JAVIER OSÉS SOLA

In the past, this expression was used when it was said of a woman that she was going to remain single, that she was not going to marry

  










What is the meaning of vestir santos in the Spanish open dictionary

Follow www.wordmeaning.org on Facebook  Follow www.wordmeaning.org on Twitter  Follow www.wordmeaning.org on Google+  Follow www.wordmeaning.org on feed 

  ES    PT