i need ten words in spanish that have to do with the day of the dead PLEASE asnd if u can define them for me this is so important!
thanx! i will appreciate it SO MUCH! ♥
2006-11-27 12:40:13 · 5 answers · asked by hotloverxo328 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Dia de Los Muertes means Day of the Dead in Spanish.
10 words associated with the holiday are:
comida- food
pan- bread
cemetery- cementerio
sugar- azucar
skull- craneo
altar- ofrenda
"little angels"- "angelitos"
fragrance- fragancia
photograph- fotographia
pumpkin- calabaza
2006-11-27 12:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by LaCosaMasBella 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
alfenique - a special confection used to fashion skulls, fruits and other figures.
altar de muertos - the offering that family and/or friends prepare for their dead loved ones
angelitos - the souls of the children who have died, literally "little angels"
atole - an ancient drink made from corn meal and water flavored with various fruits.
calacas - whimsical skeleton figures that represent death
calavera - a skull, also a slang term for "daredevil"
calaveras - songs and poems about the festival
calaveritas de azúcar - sugar skulls made for the DÃa de los Muertos
careta - mask worn by dancers to scare the dead away at the end of the celebrations
catrina - Famed DÃa de los Muertos artist José Guadalupe Posada's icon of death. Catrina means: a wealthy woman, it is said in a sarcastic manner.
arco - decorated arch sometimes placed on the graves or on the altar de muertos
2006-11-27 21:00:40 · answer #2 · answered by JustMe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DÃa de los Muertos, DÃa de los Difuntos or DÃa de Muertos = day of the dead
Mictecacihuatl = lady of the dead
Flor de Muerto = flower of the dead
pan de muerto =bread of the dead
los angelitos =little angels
calacas =skeleton
calaverita =small gift of money
veladoras =small wax candles
calaveras =short poems
calavera =sugar skull
Catrina = a very special important mexican graver
hope this helps...
2006-11-27 20:56:34 · answer #3 · answered by Aly P 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check out this web page
http://www3.niu.edu/newsplace/nndia.html
papel picado --paper decorations -- the name literally means cut paper
flores -- flowers
calaveras -- skulls -- a common decoration/candy is skulls made of sugar
pan de muertos -- this is a bread that is made for this occasion, literally "bread of the dead"
Use an online English-Spanish Dictionary. You will learn a lot more from
2006-11-27 20:50:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Los Dios De Los Muertos: The Day of the Dead.
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html
http://users.pld.com/erica/News/Muertos.htm
A page with the translation next to it should help.
2006-11-27 20:56:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋