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día de los muertos
Exploratory - día de los muertos vocabulary terms
Question | Answer |
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los gollettes | doughnut shaped breads, glazed with pink-colored sugar and placed on the altar |
los dulces | the candies |
la tumba | the grave |
la iluminación | the illumination |
el cementerio | the cemetery |
las catrinas | skeletons, dressed like rich women |
el candelero | the candlestick |
el atole | a hot drink made of corn, water and fruit |
el ataúd | the coffin |
el arco | the arch |
el alfeñique | the cooked sugar paste used for many candy decorations |
Todos los Santos | All Saints |
tapetes de arena | sand tapestries |
papel picado | decoratively cut paper used in Mexican celebrations |
pan de muerto | bread of the dead |
ofrendas | the altars and offerings left for dead loved ones during día de los muertos |
Fieles Difuntos | Faithful Departed |
copal | a resin incense used in the ofrendas |
día de los muertos | day of the dead |
comparsa | carnival-like celebration for día de los muertos |
el cempasúchil | the Mexican marigold flower |
calavera de azucar | sugar skull |
la calavera | the skull |
la calaca | the skeleton |
los angelitos | the little angels |