Since the holidays (días feriados) are upon us, I thought some vocabulary for them would be appropriate for the Spanish Tip of the Month.
Common Holidays
New Year: Año Nuevo
Valentine’s Day: Día de San Valentín
Easter: Pascua
Independence Day: Día de Independencia
Day of the Dead: Día de los Muertos (instead of Halloween)
Thanksgiving: Día de Acción de Gracias
Christmas: Navidad
Some associated words and phrases:
Turkey: Pavo
Presents: Regalos
Tree: Arbol
Ghosts: Fantasmas
Monsters: Monstruos
Tomb/Grave: Tumba
Skeleton: Esqueleto
Pumpkins: Calabazas
Santa Claus: Papa Noel (often just Americanized as Santa Claus though)
Star: Estrella
Songs: Canciones
You scared me!: ¡Me asustaste!
What a great party! ¡Qué gran fiesta!
The food is wonderful: ¡La comida es deliciosa! or simply ¡Qué sabrosa!
I ate too much/I’m full: Comí demasiado. Estoy lleno/a.
Thanks for the present: Gracias por el regalo
Merry Christmas: Feliz Navidad
Happy New Year: Feliz Año Nuevo
Very good Cassie .Spanich is todays new English. I belive that today USA is the third nation that speak spanich on todays world. Tomorrow’s USA will looklike Canada
OMG…you’ve forgotten the KINGS!!!
Three Kings Day, or Día de Reyes (officially Día de Los Tres Reyes Magos). January 6. In Catholicism, the day the Magi arrived in Bethlehem with gifts for the Christ Child. Puerto Rican children leave a shoebox with grass clippings under their bed for the camels to eat, and the three kings in turn leave a present for the child. In the first half of the 20th century, this is the way kids got presents at Christmas. Then came Santa Claus, so now they double dip! In Puerto Rico the holidays (las navidades) start on Thanksgiving week and end about a week after Three King’s Day. If you want to get any business done in Puerto Rico (especially government business), you are basically SOL between those dates, because it’s party time for everyone! — Fran
Thanks for the info Fran. We are planning a trip I think in January (towards the end of the month) so maybe we can plan to get some stuff done!