ANGUSTIAS

Angustias: translation

Angustias f

Spanish: variant of ANGOSTO (SEE Angosto), altered by folk etymology as if from the Castilian vocabulary word angustias, plural of angustia mental or physical anguish or distress. The reference is to a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Angustias, which enshrines the notion that the Virgin will come to the aid of those who pray to her in their distress.