memorial

monumento, monumento conmemorativo

Objeto o construcción que recuerda a una persona fallecida o un acontecimiento importante.

En inglés sencillo: An object or structure built to help people remember someone who died or an important event.

• We left flowers at the memorial.
• The town built a memorial to the soldiers who died.
• Their names appear on several war memorials.

Cómo se usa: a memorial to someone/something (They built a memorial to the flood victims.)

Sinónimos: monument

Expresiones frecuentes: war memorial, memorial to someone, visit a memorial

ceremonia conmemorativa, acto conmemorativo

Ceremonia celebrada para recordar a una persona que ha muerto.

En inglés sencillo: A ceremony held to remember someone who has died.

• We attended a memorial for our teacher.
• Her friends organized a small memorial at the school.
• Two memorials were held for the victims.

Cómo se usa: a memorial for someone (A memorial for her father will be held on Friday.)

Sinónimos: memorial service

Expresiones frecuentes: attend a memorial, hold a memorial, memorial for someone

conmemorativo

Creado o celebrado para recordar a una persona fallecida o un acontecimiento importante.

En inglés sencillo: Created or held to remember someone who died or an important event.

• They held a memorial service on Sunday.
• A memorial plaque marks the place where she lived.
• The family opened a memorial garden beside the hospital.

Sinónimos: commemorative

Expresiones frecuentes: memorial service, memorial plaque, memorial garden

recordado

Que existe en el recuerdo de una persona, sin tener una forma física.

En inglés sencillo: Existing in a person’s memory rather than as a physical thing.

• The lost house remained a memorial possession.
• He described the memorial images of his childhood.
• These memorial impressions survived long after the journey.

Sinónimos: remembered

Expresiones frecuentes: memorial possession, memorial image