Aguinaldo
Definitions
- A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
- A municipality of Ifugao, Philippines.
- A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
- Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
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A Christmas carol. Latin-America, countable, uncountable
- A song performed in this style.
- A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Equivalents
ItalianoAguinaldo
Examples
“And he bracketed the concert with joyfully Latin pop: opening the show⟳ with towering drums onstage and kinetic Afro-Caribbean rhythms and beginning the final song, “Tu Recuerdo” (“Your Memory”), as a Puerto Rican aguinaldo, gently plucked on the rural miniguitar called a cuatro.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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