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GCSE Customs
GCSE Spanish Customs & Traditions vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |