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GCSE Customs
GCSE Spanish Customs & Traditions vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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aburrido | boring |
agradable | nice |
ajetreado | busy |
ameno | enjoyable |
animado | lively |
arraigado | deep-rooted |
ayunar | to fast |
bailar | to dance |
bautizado | christened |
bautizar | to christen |
beber | to drink |
cantar | to sing |
casado | married |
casarse por la iglesia | to get married in church |
casarse por lo civil | to get married in a registry office |
celebrado | celebrated |
celebrar | to celebrate |
comerse las uvas | to eat the grapes |
confirmado | confirmed |
contento | happy |
correr | to run |
correr los toros | to run the bulls |
creer | to believe |
desfilar | to parade |
divertido | fun |
divertirse | to enjoy |
el ángel | angel |
el arzobispo | Archbishop |
el baile | dance |
el bautizo | baptism |
el belén | nativity |
el budismo | Buddhism |
el cementerio | cemetery |
el cielo | heaven |
el concurso de cortes | variety of bullfighting |
el cristianismo | christianity |
el cristiano | christian |
el crucifijo | crucifix |
el culto | worship |
el cura | priest |
el desfile | parade |
el encierro | bull running |
el entierro | burial |
el estadio | stadium |
el festival | festival |
el fin de año | New Year's eve |
el flamenco | spanish dance |
el funeral | funeral |
el infierno | hell |
el milagro | miracle |
el obispo | bishop |
el papa | pope |
el párroco | parish priest |
el paso doble | spanish dance |
el puente | bank holiday |
el rezo | prayer |
el rosario | rosary |
el sacerdote | priest |
el santo | saint |
el testamento | will |
el villancico | christmas carol |
emborracharse | to get drunk |
enterrado | buried |
enterrar | to bury |
espectacular | spectacular |
estar de luto | to mourn |
festejado | celebrated |
festejar | to celebrate |
hacer un botellón | to drink in the street |
histórico | historic |
incinerado | cremated |
incinerar | to cremate |
ir a la feria | to go to the fair |
ir a la fiesta del pueblo | to go to the festivities of a village |
la Biblia | bible |
la boda | marriage |
la cabalgata | parade of three kings |
la comunión | communion |
la conformación | confirmation |
la corrida de toros | bullfighting |
la fiesta nacional | national holiday |
la iglesia | church |
la iglesia católica | catholic church |
la incineración | cremation |
la mezquita | mosque |
la navidad | christmas day |
la nochebuena | christmas eve |
la nochevieja | new years eve |
la oración | prayer |
la plaza de toros | bullring |
la procesión | procession |
la religión | religion |
la sinagoga | synagogue |
las campanadas | twelve strokes at midnight |
las fallas | festivities in Valencia |
las navidades | christmas holidays |
las sevillanas | Spanish dance |
las uvas | grapes |
los reyes magos | three wise men |
majestuoso | majestic |
pagano | pagan |
practicar una religión | to practice a religion |
predicar | to preach |
profesor una fe | to profess a faith |
religioso | religious |
renombrado | renowned |
rezar | to pray |
sagrado | santo |
salir de farra/fiesta | to go out |
salir en procesión | to go in a procession |
ser ateo | to be an atheist |
ser creyente | to be a believer |
ser cristiano | to be a christian |
ser escéptico | to be skeptical |
simbólico | symbolic |
tradicional | traditional |
tranquilo | quiet |