Meanings (ES + gloss)
vigilia
An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
Eventually the body trade grew so reckless that relatives took to holding graveside vigils, lest their loved ones disappear in the night.
I saw her head drooped upon her hand; her whole attitude expressing that profound depression, whose lonely vigil wastes the midnight in a gloomy watch, which yet hopes for nothing…
vigilia • víspera
The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
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