Day of the Dead vocabulary in Spanish
A list with useful words related to this Latin-American festivity.
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| Día de Muertos | | Day of the Dead |
| la celebración | | celebration |
| la tradición | | tradition |
| la Catrina | | Catrina/Dapper Skeleton |
| una ofrenda | | offering |
| un altar | | altar |
| el cempasúchil | | Mexican marigold |
| el pan de muerto | | sweet bread baked for Day of the Dead |
| las calaveritas de azúcar | | little sugar skulls |
| la vida | | life |
| la muerte | | death |
| recordar | | to remember |
| el difunto | | deceased |
| un espíritu | | spirit |
| una vela | | candle |
| una veladora | | votive candle |
| un mantel | | tablecloth |
| la sal | | salt |
| la alegría | | happiness |
| una máscara | | mask |
| la familia | | family |
| un esqueleto | | skeleton |
| el cementerio | | cemetery |
| las flores | | flowers |
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