momento
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momentos,
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momentoes
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Spelling
See memento.
Usage
What does momento mean? A momento is a reminder of something, especially a past event or time. It most often refers to a keepsake or a souvenir. Momento is an alternate spelling of memento. It is sometimes considered a misspelling, but it is commonly used enough to be considered a variant. A momento can also refer to a warning. It is sometimes seen in the Latin phrase memento mori, but in this case it should be spelled memento, since it uses the Latin spelling. Example: These traditional masks are momentos of our trip to Guatemala.
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“I got to give that joint a kiss,” one player yelled while chasing the momento.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2018
She had gone from a 9-year-old to a tween in un momento.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2016
The framed plaque of the star that Hopper received as a momento of the event is being sold next week for an estimated $1,000 to $1,500.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2011
The centrepiece of the show is the gargantuan momento mori Habibi, a scaled-up replica of his own skeleton, which hangs horizontally from the gallery ceiling.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2010
Self-consciously, she took her hands off the table, saying, “Purely as a momento, of course.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
We'd left it, with a few momentoes just as valuable, when we made that quick move away from that punky old palace after our little monkey shine with the brigands.
From Shorty McCabe by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson
Many trophies and relics were carried away as momentoes of the occasion.
From South America by W. H. (William Henry) Koebel
I have before me as I write some of these funny momentoes of that time, carefully kept, often looked at.
From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
She made them out to be business cards, evidently momentoes of passing knights of the road who had amused themselves by sailing their credentials heavenward, each with a transfixing pin.
From Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
Of course, this being García Márquez, his is a death that is not without its momentos marquesianos, as they say in Spanish — Marquez-style moments of magic and earthy humor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
The roll top ensures that it will pack small on the way to your destination but give the option for extra room on the way back for any momentos you picked up along the way.
From Golf Digest ● Dec. 3, 2018
Written tributes, notes, pictures, drawings, momentos and more may be left with Barbara McGowan at the church office.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2016
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