Thread: Memorial

Not me. I did look it up in the dictionary, and that meaning is in there both in English and Spanish. I never knew it before. Always, to me, a memorial in English is an object or donation of money given in memory of a (usually deceased) person, or a building or monument constructed in memory of a person or event, and in Spanish a bulletin or memo pad.

But tell me, where did you get that definition? In a certain context, I guess it could be translated that way. Not that I would have understood it. Had I seen memorial in the Spanish and petition in the English, I would have been confused.

Gernt, I found the definition in DRAE Edición electrónica V21.1.0.
You can also find it here: http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltCons...&LEMA=Memorial

It's exactly like that in the English dictionary. But it's news to me. Both in Spanish and English. Pero en inglés, dice es un escrito a un soberano. Me hace creer es un sentido viejo.

Thank you for your help gernt.
Can you tell me which English dictionary you are using?
I found it in the Webster's Online Dictionary

Originally Posted by mem286

De acuerdo al American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:

me-mo-ri-al

(mN-morùK-Nl, -morù-) n. Abbr. mem. 1. Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event. 2. A written statement of facts or a petition presented to a legislative body or an executive. — adj. 1. Serving as a remembrance of a person or an event; commemorative. 2. Of, relating to, or being in memory. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin memori7le, from neuter of Latin memori7lis, belonging to memory, from memoria, memory. See MEMORY.] —me・moùri・al・ly adv.

pe-ti-tion

(pN-tVshùNn) n. 1. A solemn supplication or request to a superior authority; an entreaty. 2. A formal written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in authority. 3. Law. a. A formal written application requesting a court for a specific judicial action: a petition for appeal. b. The judicial action asked for in any such request. 4. Something requested or entreated.

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v. pe・ti・tioned, pe・ti・tion・ing, pe・ti・tions. — v. tr. 1. To address a petition to. 2. To ask for by petition; request formally. — v. intr. To make a request, especially formally: petitioned for retrial. [Middle English peticion, from Old French petition, from Latin petXtio, petXtion-, from petXtus, past participle of petere, to request. See pet- in Appendix.] —pe・tiùtion・arÙy (pN-tVshùN-nHrÙK) adj. —pe・tiùtion・er n.

Daría la sensación de que cualquiera de los dos podría ir en ese caso, pero esperá otra opinión, especialmente la de un "native speaker", que te sabrá decir cuál es el término que se usa en ese caso.

Hope it helps!

Mem286, gracias por la información. En cuanto a contexto, una persona está transmitiendo un “memorial” a su superior en el cual constan las reclamaciones de un empleado.

Hola

I believe that from the options presented here petition is the better word in this context; however, I also would consider using "grievance" which is more commonly used in employer/employee relations concerning complaints filed by employees.