Luna de miel

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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for December 22, 2008

luna de miel - feminine noun (la) - honeymoon. Look up luna de miel in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/luna de miel)

La luna de miel es un viaje que hacen los novios después de casarse.
A honeymoon is a trip that the bride and groom take after their wedding.

[Jessica]

yeah so luna means moon and miel means honey ?

[Rusty]

Those are correct translations of the nouns in the phrase.

What is the literal translation of the phrase luna de miel?
If you translate moon as a month (one lunar cycle), what is the literal translation then?

Honey month, or month of honey, is the meaning behind our word honeymoon. The first month of marriage is the sweetest, or so the saying goes.