Example sentences for: retablo

How can you use “retablo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The text usually ends “por eso dedico este retablo” (this is why I dedicate this retablo).

  • A retablo ex-voto is a work of art, a religious painting, and also a historical document.

  • The retablo paintings were painted on either hide or wooden boards, sometimes also on tin, but usually pine wood smoothed over on one side.

  • A few sentences written on the retablo express the favor granted, starting with the words “Doy gracias” or “Doy infinitas gracias a la Santisima Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos” (I give thanks, I give infinite thanks to the most holy Virgin of San Juan of the Lakes) and the reason for the retablo is written out, with the location and date added at the end.

  • Many people immigrating from Mexico, for instance, have painted or commissioned a retablo in gratitude for surviving a disaster or an illness.


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