otoño

→ Sardinian: (semi-learned)

Logudorese: atunzu

Nuorese: atunzu

Campidanese: atóngiu

→ Gallurese: attugnu (semi-learned)

→ Sassarese: attugnu (semi-learned)

Inherited from Latin autumnus. /w/ prevented the lenition of the following consonant, as with Latin auca > Spanish oca.


primavera

Inherited from Old Spanish primavera, from Late Latin prīma vēra, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”). Compare Italian primavera and Romanian primăvară.

Mi primo tiene cuarenta primaveras


cumpleaños

→ Italian: compleanno (partial calque)

Verb-object compound, composed of cumple (“to complete”) + años (“years”), literally “years-completer”; an event celebrating the completion of a number of years of one’s life.

es-verb-obj

Hoy es mi cumpleaños.


Navidad

head

Navidad f (plural Navidades, generally capitalized)

[na.β̞iˈð̞að̞]

Inherited from Old Spanish nauidat, naduidad, from Latin nātīvitātem (“birth”), from nātīvus, from perfect passive participle nātus (“born”), from deponent verb nāsci (“be born”). Doublet of natividad.

Christmas; the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ

el Fantasma de las Navidades Pasadas

(sometimes used in the plural) Christmastide, Christmas time, Christmas season, the time between the first day of Christmas and Epiphany


Halloween

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.


verano

Inherited from Old Spanish verano (“spring”), from Vulgar Latin *(tempus) veranum, from Latin vēr (“spring”), from earlier *veror, from Proto-Italic *wezor, from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥ (“spring”). Compare Portuguese verão.

inh+

«Pensar que en esta vida las cosas della han de durar siempre en un estado es pensar en lo escusado; antes parece que ella anda todo en redondo, digo, a la redonda: la primavera sigue al verano, el verano al estío, el estío al otoño, y el otoño al invierno, y el invierno a la primavera, y assí torna a andarse el tiempo con esta rueda continua

To think that, in this life, things are to last forever is to think in nothing worthy; rather, it seems that life goes round, I mean, in a circle: the beginning of spring is followed by spring proper, spring by summer, summer by winter, winter by the beginning of spring. Thus time turns around in this continuous wheel.


invierno

Inherited from Old Spanish ynvierno, from Vulgar Latin *hīnbernum, a modification of Latin hībernum (whence the Old Spanish yvierno).


Nochebuena

→ Bikol Central: noche buena

→ Cebuano: noche buena

→ Kapampangan: noche buena

→ Tagalog: Noche Buena

From noche buena (literally “good night”).

Reuniones de 10 personas, toque de queda a la 1.30 en Nochebuena y Nochevieja y confinamiento perimetral de las comunidades autónomas, excepto para visitar a “familiares y allegados”.

2020 December 2, José Marcos, Pablo Linde, “Sanidad propone retrasar el toque de queda a la 1.30 en Nochebuena y Nochevieja”, in El País, retrieved 2020-12-02:


Nochevieja

From noche vieja (literally “old night”).


bisiesto

→ Tagalog: bisyesto

Inherited from Old Spanish bissiesto, from Latin bisextus (“intercalary day”).


pascua

→ Kavalan: Paskua

→ Bikol Central: Pasko

→ Cebuano: Pasko, Paskuwa

→ Ilocano: Paskua

→ Mezquital Otomi: baxjua

→ Papiamentu: Pasku

→ Quechua: Paskwa

→ Tagalog: Pasko, Paskuwa

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing; feed for animals”), the confusion aided by the end of Lent fasting at Easter), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).


misterio

Borrowed from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”).

(Catholicism) mystery, event in Jesus' life


octava

(Christianity) octave (period of eight days)


nadal

Inherited from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Doublet of natal.


tió de Nadal

Borrowed from Catalan tió de Nadal, from tió (“cut off stump”) and Nadal (“Christmas”).


navideño

es-adj

navideño (feminine navideña, masculine plural navideños, feminine plural navideñas)

navideña (feminine)
navideños (masculine plural)
navideñas (feminine plural)


belén

→ Cebuano: belen

→ Tagalog: belén


mesiversario

Blend of mes (“month”) + aniversario (“anniversary”).


pesebre

→ Catalan: pessebre


solsticio

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlstitium.


cirio pascual

es-noun

cirio pascual m (plural cirios pascuales)


árbol de Navidad

árbol de Navidad m (plural árboles de Navidad)

[ˌaɾ.β̞ol̪ d̪e na.β̞iˈð̞að̞]


villancico

→ English: villancico

→ Galician: vilancico

→ Portuguese: vilancico, vilhancico

From villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).


Felices Reyes

From the Día de los Reyes (literally “day of the kings”), celebrated in some Spanish-speaking countries on January 6 every year. On this day, the Reyes Magos (“wise men”, literally “magic kings”), are said to give presents to children, equivalent to Santa Claus’s gift-giving celebrated on December 25.

Happy Wise Men Day; a phrase used to wish a happy "Wise Men Day", celebrated on January 6 in some Spanish-speaking countries


chimbomba

Compré varias chimbombas para el árbol.

(El Salvador) Christmas tree ball-shaped ornament, Christmas bauble (UK)


Día de la Madre

Mother's Day (a day in honor of mothers)


Día del Padre

Father's Day (holiday in celebration of fatherhood)


Semana de Turismo

Literally, “Tourism Week”, as part of a move to separate church and state.


San Fermín

Festival of San Fermín
es:Fermín de Amiens

a week-long annual celebration in Pamplona, held in July in honour of St. Fermin, including a well-known bull run


sanfermines

los sanfermines (canonical masculine plural)

From San Fermín + -es (pluralizing suffix).

El periodista y escritor navarro Miguel Izu cuenta las verdades y mentiras sobre los sanfermines, una de las mayores fiestas populares del mundo, rodeada de trucos publicitarios, leyendas y mitos, muchos de ellos con el objetivo de captar turistas.

2015 July 6, “Las claves del día 6 de julio”, in El País:

San Fermín, annual Spanish festival held in Pamplona, Navarre


tronco de Navidad

tronco de Navidad m (plural troncos de Navidad)

[ˌt̪ɾõŋ.ko ð̞e na.β̞iˈð̞að̞]

From tronco (“trunk”) + de (“of”) + Navidad (“Christmas”).


tronco navideño

es-noun

tronco navideño m (plural troncos navideños)


Papá Noel

Partial calque of French Père Noël. Compare Portuguese Papai Noel.

(South America, Spain) Father Christmas, Santa Claus


Pentecostés

→ Tagalog: Pentekostes

Borrowed from Late Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).


calcetín de Navidad

calcetín de Navidad m (plural calcetines de Navidad)


Día de los Muertos

(Mexico, US, proscribed) Alternative form of Día de Muertos


Noche de Brujas

(Latin America, colloquial) Halloween, All Hallows' Eve


San Valentín

Saint Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day (a holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love)


San Solterín

From San Valentín, changing Valentín by soltero (“single”) + -ín.

El 13 de febrero es San Solterín, una jornada en la que las personas sin pareja reivindican la soltería.

2019 February 13, “¿Por qué celebrar San Solterín este año?”, in El Español:

February 13 is Singles’ Day, a day in which people without a partner claim singleness.

Singles Awareness Day
Singles Awareness Day


tarjeta de Navidad

tarjeta de Navidad f (plural tarjetas de Navidad)


Día del Pilar

Día de la Hispanidad
Día de la Hispanidad

The feast day of Our Lady of the Pillar, patroness of Zaragoza and Aragon, coinciding with Día de la Hispanidad on October 12.


Fiestas Julias

Literally, “July festivities”, where Julias is considered an adjective (Julyish), though it's only used in this lemma.

(El Salvador) the festivities celebrated in the city of Santa Ana, El Salvador in honor to Saint Anne, taking place each year between July 17th to July 26th.


Fiestas Agostinas

(El Salvador) the festivities celebrated in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador in honor to the Divine Savior of the World, taking place each year between August 1st to August 6th.