el duelo

grief, mourning, duel

ˈd w e l o

duel to hurt; to ache (to cause pain) + o 1st-person singular present (indicative or subjunctive)

noun · masculine Rare #30,896

grief, mourning Often used for the period of mourning after someone dies.

SP: Después de la muerte de su abuela, guardó duelo durante meses.

EN: After his grandmother's death, he mourned for months.

duel

SP: Los dos hombres se retaron a duelo al amanecer.

EN: The two men challenged each other to a duel at dawn.

This is the decisive duel.

Like grief.

— Anaconda (2025)

Respect their grief.

— Anaconda (2025)

A great duel with the King.

— El gatopardo (1963)

What am I supposed to say about this national day of mourning—or so-called national day of mourning?

— Malcolm X (1992)

Don't think badly of being in the mourning room.

— La gran enfermedad del amor (2017)

Let us grieve as a family, as it should be.

— Una mujer fantástica (2017)

Everyone was absent from the mourning.

— Gangs of Wasseypur. Parte 1 (2012)

The president’s death caused great mourning.

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