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This word ending—thought to be difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce at the time—evolved in Spanish into a "-te" ending (e.g. axolotl = ajolote). As a rule of thumb, a Spanish word for an animal, plant, food or home appliance widely used in Mexico and ending in "-te" is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.
However, the root of the word is actually French, meaning "Christmas season" which was derived from the Latin word natalis which means "birth." In the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, the birth of ...
The English word Christmas is a shortened form of ... The tradition of the Nativity scene comes from ... ("Of the Father's love begotten") by the Spanish poet ...
Luminaria in Spanish means "illumination", "festival light", or in ecclesiastical usage, a "lamp kept burning before the sacrament". [11] The Spanish word was derived from Latin luminare meaning a light source generally, or in a religious context, "a light, lamp, burned in the Jewish temple and in Christian churches". [12]
In the autonomous Spanish community of Catalonia, the pessebre, or the nativity scene, would feature all the usual characters with one addition: a person wearing a traditional red-colored ...
The Christmas season is upon us and for most of us it is a time filled with joy and merriment. There are presents to be bought, cookies to be baked and plenty of parties to attend. Of course, the ...
Noel derives from the Old French "Noël", meaning "Christmas". It is a variant (and later replacement) of "nael", which itself comes from the Latin natalis, meaning "birth". The term natalis dies (birth day) was long used in Church Latin in reference to the birthday of Christ—or in other words: Christmas. In modern English, a Noel can also ...
The song was performed in Spanish at King's College, Cambridge in their 1992 Christmas Eve broadcast service of "Nine Lessons and Carols". [12] The song has appeared on recordings including: Goin' Places (1961) by the Kingston Trio (listed as "Guardo el Lobo" and credited to musicologist Erich Schwandt)