Polyglot Dictionary

quinceañera

/kinseaˈɲeɾa/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las quinceañeras

Meaning

  1. girl turning fifteen

    Refers to the Latin American tradition of celebrating a girl's fifteenth birthday with a big party, roughly equivalent to a "sweet sixteen".

    • Celebran a la quinceañera.

      They celebrate the girl's fifteenth birthday.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does quinceañera mean?

2 Fill the gap: Celebran a la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches quinceañera?

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