effigy

[US]/'efɪdʒɪ/
[UK]/'ɛfɪdʒi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. una escultura o modelo de una persona, especialmente uno hecho como una forma de protesta o burla
Word Forms
Pluraleffigies

Phrases & Collocations

burn an effigy

quemar un muñeco

create an effigy

crear un muñeco

Example Sentences

an effigy of Einstein

una efigie de Einstein

a tomb effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

una efigie funeraria de Leonor de Aquitania.

the effigy is notable for its flowing drapery.

La efigie es notable por sus drapeados fluidos.

the minister was burned in effigy .

El ministro fue quemado en efigie.

The king was burned in effigy by the angry mob.

El rey fue quemado en efigie por la turba enfurecida.

He then held a state funeral, with an effigy of Pertinax, and consecrated him as one of the deified emperors, adding a flamen and a Helvian sodales, who had previously been Marcian.

Luego celebró un funeral de estado, con un efigie de Pertinax, y lo consagró como uno de los emperadores deificados, agregando un flamen y un sodales helvios, que previamente habían sido Marcian.

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