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AS Tradiciones I
Vocabulary for Spanish traditions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| las tapas | tapas, small food |
| aperitivo | aperitif, light food, finger food |
| tapear | to go for tapas |
| tapa | a lid |
| tapar | to put a lid on something |
| la costumbre | custom |
| ibérico | Iberian (to do with Spain and Portugal) |
| festejar, celebrar | to celebrate |
| el festival, la fiesta | festival, celebration |
| Las Fallas | A festival in Valencia, where people build wooden figures, parade them through the streets and burn them. 15th - 19th March. |
| madera | wood |
| una Falla | the name for the statue or effigy that is burned |
| Ninot | the name for the statue or effigy that is burned |
| la mascleta | the fireworks display every night during Las Fallas |
| fuegos artificiales | fireworks |
| Fallera | the person who participates in Las Fallas |
| San José | Joseph, Patron Saint of Carpenters and the city of Valencia |
| La Crema | the final night of Las Fallas when the statues are burned |
| El ninot indultat | the winning statue, not burned, and displayed in the Museo Fallero |
| San Fermínes | Bullrunning festival in Navarra |
| San Fermín | patron saint of Pamplona |
| Pamplona | town where the San Fermínes takes place |
| los toros | bulls |
| el encierro | the running of the bulls |
| perseguir | to pursue, to chase |
| manada | herd |
| desenfrenar | to unleash |
| jugarse la suerte | to play your luck, to take your chances |
| amanecer | dawn, sunrise |
| cohete | rocket |
| Gora San Fermín | Basque for 'Viva San Fermín'. Shouted by those in attendance. |
| heridos | injured people |
| corrida de toros, tauromaquía | bullfight |
| la plaza de toros | bullring |
| matador, torero | (star) bullfighter |
| picador | bullfighter on horseback, usually with spears |
| el bandillero | bullfighter on the ground, carrying stakes adorned with ribbons or flags |
| la cuadrilla | the group of two picadores and three bandilleros |
| paseíllo | the entry parade |
| el traje de luces | a matador's costume, literally "the suit of lights" |
| el capote | dress cape, used to test the bull's ferocity |
| querencía | parts of the bullring, a 'territory' |
| tercio de varas | the first act of a bull fight, testing the bull's ferocity, movements, habits and weaknesses |
| la veronica | a movement of the capote where the matador passes the cape over the bull's head (the stereotypical 'ole!' movement) |
| picar | to stab (the bull is stabbed by the picadores above the neck to weaken it) |
| tercio de banderillas | the second act, the bandilleros attempt to land their stakes in the neck and shoulder of the bull to weaken it further |
| bandillera negra | stake with a black ribbon, stuck on a weak bull to brand it a disgrace to its breeder |
| tercio de muerte | final act of the bullfight, with the aim of killing the bull |
| faena | performance with the muleta in the final act |
| muleta | red cape |
| remate | killing blow into the spinal cord of the bull |
| indulto | recognition, salvation and freedom for a bull who fought bravely |
| trofeo | trophy |
| los máximos trofeos | awarded to the most valiant of matadores; consists of two ears and a tail |
| salida en hombros | carrying a matador who recieved los máximos trofeos out of the plaza on the shoulders of the crowd |
| Manolete | famous Andalucian bullfighter, killed by goring in 1947 |
| Juan Belmonte | famous bullfighter from the 'Golden Age' who was friends with Ernest Hemingway |
| El Cordobés | popular torero from the 1960s who still fights today |
| Joselito | torero from the 'Golden Age', killed aged 25 |
| Cristina Sanchez | the first female bullfighter, retired 1999 |
| El Juli | popular modern Spanish-born bullfighter in Mexico, highest paid matador in history |
| La Tomatina | tomato-throwing festival in Buñol |
| Semana Santa | Holy Week, Easter celebrations |
| Carnaval | long celebration held around Shrove Tuesday with concerts, fireworks, parades, costumes etc. |
| disfraz | costume |
| Navidad | Christmas |
| el Olentzero | Basque 'Santa Claus' who is a coal miner |
| carbonero | coal miner |
| el tío de Nadal | Catalan Christmas log, beaten by children to give present |
| el caganer | Catalan traditional figurine of a man (or famous person) excreting, usually placed in the nativity scene |
| la misa del gallo | midnight mass |
| día de los Reyes Magos | Epiphany, Twelfth Night, Spanish 'Christmas' |
| Día de la Constitución Española | 6th December, celebrates the transition from dictatorship to democracy |
| el botellón | street parties organised by young people involving binge drinking |
| el Camino de Santiago | pilgrimage from many parts of Europe to Santiago de Compostela |
| peregrino | pilgrim |
| una peregrinación, el peregrinaje | pilgrimage |
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