Christmas and New Year

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Navidadnfp - Christmas

{||}Spanish | English
{|}¡Feliz Navidad!|Merry Christmas!
{|}Navidad/Díanm de Navidad|Christmas Day
{|}navideño(a)adj|Christmas related
{|}serienf (de lucesnfp)|Christmas lights / string lights / string of lights
{|}nacimientonm/Belén[nm]|Nativity
{|}árbolnm (de Navidad)/árbol de pascuanf|Christmas tree
{|}muñeconm de nievenf|snowman
{|}esferanf|(spherical) ornament
{|}coronanf|wreath
{|}henonm|hay
{|}regalonm|present
{|}moñonm|bow
{|}botanf|stocking
{|}duendenm|elf (Santa's little helpers)
{|}Santa Clos / Papá Noel|Santa Claus
{|}trineonm|sledge / sled / sleigh
{|}renonm|reindeer
{|}Rodolfo (el reno de la nariznf roja) |Rudolf (the red-nosed reindeer)
{|}nochebuenanf|poinsettia
{|}Nochenf Buenanf|Christmas Eve
{|}piñatanf|piñata
{|}muérdagonm|mistletoe
{|}brindisnm|toast
{|}chimeneanf|chimney
{|}campananf|bell
{|}cascabel nm|(jingle) bell /sleigh bell
{|}velanf|candle
{|}bastónnm de caramelonm|candy cane
{|}coponm de nievenf|snowflake
{|}tarjetanf de Navidad|Christmas card
{|}juguetesnmp|toys
{|}reyesnmp magosnmp (Melchor, Gaspar y Baltasar)|the (three) Wise Men (of/from the East) / the (Three) Kings (from the Orient) / the Magi (Caspar/Gaspar/Jaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar)
{|}oronm|gold
{|}inciensonm|frankincense
{|}mirranf|myrrh
{|}escarchanf (Mexico)|frost / tinsel / garland
{|}espumillónnm (Spain)|garland
{|}Añonm Nuevonm|New Year
{|}¡Feliz Año Nuevo!|Happy New Year!
{|}Año Viejo|Old Year
{|}Nochenm Vieja|New Year's Eve
{|}fuegosnmp artificiales|fireworks
{|}propósitosnmp de año nuevo|New Year's resolutions
{|}envolturanf de regalonm/papel[g]nm de regalo|gift wrap / wrapping paper
{|}felicitaciónnf|greeting
{|}villanciconm|Christmas carol
{|}pannm de frutasnfp/pan de pascua|fruitcake
{|}galletanf de jengibrenm|gingerbread
{|}aguinaldonm|Christmas bonus

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Just to fit the season... I'm sure there will be a few regional variation additions, it will be nice to learn them. :)

[Perikles]

My dictionary: piñata: container hung up during festivites and hit with a stick to release candy

It looks like there is no English word

Año viejo: Old Year (:rolleyes:)

nacimientoNM/Belén: Nativity

jingle bell (?) : just 'bell'

magi (do they have proper names in English?) : NO

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Thanks, Perikles! I have attached a picture with a "cascabel" and a "campana". Are they still the same?

[Perikles]

Thanks, Perikles! I have attached a picture with a "cascabel" and a "campana". Are they still the same?I know the difference (casabel is something fixed to children's things sometimes), but as far as I know, there is no English word to differentiate beween them. Toy bell. Church bell. Cow bell. Bells. :(:)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

This is fine... I assume the use of some pictures will be needed to clarify some meanings anyway. :)

[laepelba]

I would call them "jingle bells" regardless of how they are used and regardless of the time of year. :) Cascabeles!

[pjt33]

magi (do they have proper names in English?) : NO
Depende. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi#Names
Muchas veces cuando imprimen el villancico "We Three Kings" ponen los nombres tradicionales como títulos de las estrofas que hablan de los regalos.

I would call them "jingle bells" regardless of how they are used and regardless of the time of year. :) Cascabeles!
How would you parse that? Is it an NP made up of a VP and an NP, or are you taking "jingle" as an adjective or noun?

[laepelba]

How would you parse that? Is it an NP made up of a VP and an NP, or are you taking "jingle" as an adjective or noun?

Hmmm... I'm not exactly sure what you are asking here. SORRY!! :(

[Rusty]

American English:

serie (de luces) = Christmas lights / string lights / string of lights
trineo = sled / sleigh
envoltura de regalo = gift wrap / wrapping paper
cascabeles = jingle bells / sleigh bells

los Reyes Magos = the Wise Men / the (three) Wise Men (of/from the East) / the (Three) Kings (from the Orient) / the Magi :
their number is uncertain, but set at three because three gifts were mentioned by Matthew :
there are various names given to them, but Caspar (Gaspar, Jaspar), Melchior, and Balthasar are the most popular; these have been used since the 8th century (derived from an Alexandrian text dated two centuries earlier)

Please provide a picture of escarcha. Is it the same as guirnalda? Tinsel can mean a garland (a chain made out of bright, shiny plastic strands) or the thin shiny plastic strands that hang over the branches of a Christmas tree to make it look like it has icicles hanging from the branches (this kind of tinsel is also called icicles). Could cinta brillante be used for tinsel / guirnalda?

(corona has an inadvertent / behind it)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Thank you, Rusty. Additions and corrections are made.

"Escarcha" as tinsel can be a Mexican word only.
I find "cinta brillante" too general, but maybe it's used somewhere else to talk about a string of glittering strips or threads.

"Guirnalda" could be the more generalized word. :thinking:


"Cinta brillante" would suggest to me a flat and smooth ribbon.

[laepelba]

Garland is the stuff that is attached in a long rope/string:
http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/5546/7264Christmas_garland.jpg

Tinsel is the stuff that falls off in individual pieces.......
http://images.ecommetrix.com/commerce/33/xmasjuly/christmas%20in%20july%202009%20091.JPG

(Don't know how to make the thumbnail images......)

[chileno]

Garland is the stuff that is attached in a long rope/string:
http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/5546/7264Christmas_garland.jpg

Tinsel is the stuff that falls off in individual pieces.......
http://images.ecommetrix.com/commerce/33/xmasjuly/christmas%20in%20july%202009%20091.JPG

(Don't know how to make the thumbnail images......)

The first one is a guirnalda and the second is escarcha.

árbol de pascua = christmas tree

pan de pascua =mix of fruit cake and panettone

... in Chile. :)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Changes proposed by Lou Ann and Hernán are made. :)


I've heard "pan de pascua" (or "pan de frutas") as "fruitcake"... is it a Mexicanism or is it normally called so in English-speaking countries? :D

[chileno]

Changes proposed by Lou Ann and Hernán are made. :)


I've heard "pan de pascua" (or "pan de frutas") as "fruitcake"... is it a Mexicanism or is it normally called so in English-speaking countries? :D

Yes... I changed it. :)

La "clorita" se está poniendo pesada... :(

:D

[CrOtALiTo]

Changes proposed by Lou Ann and Hernán are made. :)


I've heard "pan de pascua" (or "pan de frutas") as "fruitcake"... is it a Mexicanism or is it normally called so in English-speaking countries? :D

Where you have gotten the ( Pan de pascua ). I mean in that store sells it, I have never heard about that bread in my life, I'd like give it a little bite.:D

[Elaina]

Where you have gotten the ( Pan de pascua ). I mean in that store sells it, I have never heard about that bread in my life, I'd like give it a little bite.:D


Be careful what you wish for. Fruit cake has gotten a bad rap for a long time. Eventhough some chefs are trying to "bring it back", so to speak, it is still something that many people stay away from or re-gift it over and over again!:D

It has been alluded that Fruit cake can last for years and years....I don't know if that is true or not. :eek:

:footinmouth:

[irmamar]

Thank you, Rusty. Additions and corrections are made.

"Escarcha" as tinsel can be a Mexican word only.
I find "cinta brillante" too general, but maybe it's used somewhere else to talk about a string of glittering strips or threads.

"Guirnalda" could be the more generalized word. :thinking:


"Cinta brillante" would suggest to me a flat and smooth ribbon.

We call this "espumillón". :)

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Gingerbread girl
Sleighbells
Ornaments
Noisemakers
Carolers
Fireplace
Christmas crackers
Santa´s snack
NAtivity scene
Bulbs
Holly
Christmas bonus

[pjt33]

Hmmm... I'm not exactly sure what you are asking here. SORRY!! :(
There are various ways of forming noun phrases (NPs) in English. There's the simple noun (e.g. bell). There's adjective + NP (e.g. golden bell). There's NP + NP (e.g. sleigh bell).

The only context in which I know the phrase "jingle bell" is the song "Jingle bells", in which "jingle" is a verb used as an imperative. I'm not familiar with "jingle bell" as a noun phrase, and I'm trying to understand the construction. Is it just adopted from the song with a change from verb phrase (verb + subject) to noun phrase, or are you using jingle as an adjective or noun? (If you don't know then I may try asking a linguist).