Definition of santo in English:
santo
nounPlural santos ˈsantəʊˈsän-
(in Mexico and Spanish-speaking areas of the south-western US) a religious symbol, especially a wooden representation of a saint.
I asked Quiroz about his mother and the santos she used to sell - saints that could cure illness or a broken heart
Example sentencesExamples
- Rather than wait for deliveries of artwork for churches and shrines, an enterprising lot of wood-carvers began carving and painting santos, or religious images, a tradition that continues in northern New Mexico.
- Hispanic creators of santos - carved and painted depictions of the Catholic saints - displayed their work at San Felipe Cathedral in Old Town.
- For both Fiesta Sunday and All Saints Day, we use santos (painted wood panels of saints) and bultos (carved wooden statues of saints) on the altar.
- Many Dominicans believe that the Catholic saints possess a kind of magical power, and express this belief in santos cults.
- Composed of hundreds of ephemeral objects, from sugar cookies to vials of cheap perfume to devotional candles, popular santos, kitschy trinkets and cans of Goya beans, ‘Infinito Botanica’ is a vast still life.