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Posts Tagged ‘Holidays’

¡Feliz Navidad!

Posted by msrivas en 15 diciembre 2009

What is the typical Christmas treat in Spain? How do we celebrate Christmas in Spain? If you want to know it, click here.

To learn some vocabulary, click here.

You can’t miss this video: the holiday season kicks off in Madrid.

Now, ¡vamos a jugar!

Snow attack

Memory game

Word search

Multiple choice

Enjoy the holidays! ¡Feliz Navidad!

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Día de Acción de Gracias – Thanksgiving Day

Posted by msrivas en 25 noviembre 2009

Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias!

Pavo

Do you know how to say «turkey» and other Thanksgiving words in Spanish?

Thanksgiving Day Día de Acción de Gracias
Black Friday Viernes Negro
autumn (US), fall (GB) otoño
colony colonia
corn maíz
cranberry arándano
feast banquete
football fútbol americano
grateful agradecido
gravy salsa de la carne asada
harvest cosecha
harvest festival festival de la cosecha
horn of plenty cuerno de la abundancia
mashed potatoes puré de papas/patatas
native American indígena norteamericano
parade desfile
pilgrim peregrino
pudding budín
pumpkin pie pastel de calabaza
settler colonizador
stuffing relleno
tradition tradición
turkey pavo
yam ñame, batata

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¡Feliz Halloween!

Posted by msrivas en 31 octubre 2009

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Hoy es El Día de las Brujas, ¡vamos a jugar!

First, review some Halloween vocabulary by clicking on the jack-o’-lanters you’ll see in this graveyard.

Then, try some of these games:

memory game

mummy attack

trick or three

Enjoy! Pásalo bien!

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Hoy es Columbus Day

Posted by msrivas en 12 octubre 2009

Many countries celebrate Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas.  This holiday is called Columbus Day in the United States, Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in some countries in Latin America, Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, Discovery Day in The Bahamas, Día de la Hispanidad (Hispanic Day) and National Day in Spain, and Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela.

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