This free audio lesson is all about holidays in Spanish. Find out the Spanish word for holiday and what the main Spanish holidays are!
Many of the holidays that we celebrate and look forward to in English speaking countries are also part of the cultural life of Spanish speaking countries.
If you would like to ask someone what they have planned for a certain holiday you can do so by asking, ¿Cuáles son tus planes para _______? Being able to talk about plans helps you to make arrangements with another person and talk socially about an event. Why not have a try making questions using the above language structure with the holidays in Spanish vocabulary here?
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Un feriado
A public holiday
Día de la nación
National holiday
A veces un feriado crea un fin de semana largo
Sometimes a public holiday creates a long weekend
Navidad
Christmas
Cumpleaños
Birthday
Día de inocentes
April Fool's Day
Pascua/Semana Santa
Easter
Día del padre
Father's Day
Halloween
Halloween
Janucha
Hanukkah
Día de las madres
Mother's Day
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras
Día de año nuevo
New Year's Day
Día de San Patricio
St. Patrick's Day
Día de acción de gracia
Thanksgiving
Kanazava
Kwanzaa
Día de San Valentín
Valentine's Day
Día de la Independencia
Independence Day
Visiting a Spanish speaking country during celebrations can be a marvelously rich and rewarding experience. As you can see, Latin countries celebrate many of the same occasions as English speaking countries, but you might even find some other fascinating ones such as the Day of the Dead in Mexico. For more lessons on Spanish vocabulary I recommend these!
See you soon! ¡Hasta pronto!
Mauricio Evlampieff: Rocket Spanish
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