Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Palabras del Día de Halloween

I'm either very late from last Halloween, or very early for the next one, but here are some Spanish words for Halloween:

la araña: spider
la bruja: witch
la calabaza: pumpkin
los caramelos: candy (also los dulces)
la fantasma: ghost
el diable: devil
el disfraz: costume
la huerta de calabazas: pumpkin patch
el murciélago: bat
la serpiente: snake
la telaraña: cobweb

Palabras del Día de Santo Patricio

It's a few days late, but here are a few words I learned from my son's book about St. Patrick's Day:

los duendes: leprechauns (can also be used for elves)
el polvo: dust
el oro: gold
la olla: pot
el arco iris: rainbow

Los duendes tienen muchas ollas del oro: Leprechauns have many pots of gold.

Un arco iris tiene muchos colores: A rainbow has many colors.