ofrenda

/oˈfɾenda/ · B2 · noun · f

offer

🕯️🌼 ofrenda = offer + -nda, a thing that must be offered (Latin offerenda)

Comes from Latin offerenda, meaning things to be offered, built on offerre, to present. Link it to English offer and offering: same root, same idea of handing something over. Common in Día de Muertos altars, called ofrendas.

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