"quinceañera" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkɪnseɪ.ənˈjɛɹə/ [US], /ˌkɪnsənˈjɛɹə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-quinceañera.wav Forms: quinceañeras [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹə Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish quinceañera (literally “fifteen-year-old”), feminine of quinceañero, from quince años (“fifteen years”) + -ero. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|quinceañera|lit=fifteen-year-old}} Borrowed from Spanish quinceañera (literally “fifteen-year-old”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} quinceañera (plural quinceañeras)
  1. (chiefly US) The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman. Wikipedia link: quinceañera Tags: US Categories (topical): Parties Categories (place): Mexico Synonyms: quinceanera Synonyms (short): quince Coordinate_terms: sweet seventeen, sweet sixteen Translations (fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman): fête des quinze ans [feminine] (French), quinceañera [feminine] (French), Quinceañera [feminine] (German), Quinceanera [feminine] (German), quinceañera [feminine] (Italian), festa dei quindici anni [feminine] (Italian), キンセアニェーラ (kinseanyēra) (Japanese), 킨세아녜라 (kinseanyera) (Korean), xōchicihuātl (Nahuatl), کویینسس (kovyinses) (Persian), quinceañera [feminine] (Polish), festa de debutante [feminine] (Portuguese), festa de quinze anos [feminine] (Portuguese), кинсеанье́ра (kinseanʹjéra) [feminine] (Russian), quinceañera [feminine] (Spanish), fiesta de quince años [feminine] (Spanish), fiesta de quince [feminine] (Spanish), quinceaños [masculine] (Spanish), кінсеаньє́ра (kinseanʹjéra) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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