rebozo
noun
re·bo·zo
ri-ˈbÅ-(ËŒ)zÅ 
-(ËŒ)sÅ
-(ËŒ)sÅ
plural rebozos
: a long scarf worn chiefly by Mexican women
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Sarandos presented President Sheinbaum with a shawl, or rebozo, worn by the character Damiana in Pedro Páramo.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
This information is given to Juan by a woman wearing a rebozo, a long flat piece of cloth, which is generally folded and worn about the head and shoulders.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Wearing a deep shade of blue, Denise Romero sticks to tradition by always wearing a big skirt and rebozo, while her husband sports a feathery, skeleton mask.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
There’s also the portrait of her, taken in 1939, wearing a vibrantly magenta rebozo (a shawl-like wrap) — stoic, celestial, her arms crossed.
—Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
Heirlome also worked with Arturo Estrada, a weaver from the central state of San Luis PotosÃ, to create ivory and black silk rebozos — traditional garments similar to shawls — that were inspired by those Suberville’s mother has collected for decades.
—Caitie Kelly Julia Halperin Jinnie Lee Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Mahira Rivers, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
Days after her grandmother died, Guzman slept in an unwashed rebozo (shawl) of hers.
—Laura RodrÃguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2022
In the Yucatán Bonato had worked with local artisans on textiles, leather bags and traditional rebozo scarves.
—Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
Her reimagination of the painter's green dress, with a red rebozo shawl, is among the many costumes going on display at the Academy Museum.
—CNN, 16 July 2021
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
This information is given to Juan by a woman wearing a rebozo, a long flat piece of cloth, which is generally folded and worn about the head and shoulders.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Wearing a deep shade of blue, Denise Romero sticks to tradition by always wearing a big skirt and rebozo, while her husband sports a feathery, skeleton mask.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
There’s also the portrait of her, taken in 1939, wearing a vibrantly magenta rebozo (a shawl-like wrap) — stoic, celestial, her arms crossed.
—Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
Heirlome also worked with Arturo Estrada, a weaver from the central state of San Luis PotosÃ, to create ivory and black silk rebozos — traditional garments similar to shawls — that were inspired by those Suberville’s mother has collected for decades.
—Caitie Kelly Julia Halperin Jinnie Lee Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Mahira Rivers, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
Days after her grandmother died, Guzman slept in an unwashed rebozo (shawl) of hers.
—Laura RodrÃguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2022
In the Yucatán Bonato had worked with local artisans on textiles, leather bags and traditional rebozo scarves.
—Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
Her reimagination of the painter's green dress, with a red rebozo shawl, is among the many costumes going on display at the Academy Museum.
—CNN, 16 July 2021
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“Rebozo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebozo. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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rebozo
noun
re·bo·zo
ri-ˈbÅ-zÅ
-sÅ
plural rebozos
: a long scarf worn chiefly by Mexican women
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