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Example sentences for: promesa

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A mother may make a promesa to La Virgen de Guadalupe, to visit her shrine in Guadalajara, if her daughter is cured of breast cancer.
In many families the shrine is erected as the result of a promesa or manda (promise or vow) made to a particular saint, or in memory of a family member who has died.
When the promesa is fulfilled this mother may leave a tiny silver breast, a milagro, to symbolize the realization of the promesa.