Vocabulario de la Noche de Brujas
Vocabulario del Día de los Muertos
Comidas
Costumbres y tradiciones
Disfraces
100

A Spanish word for candy

¿Qué es dulces?

¿Qué es caramelos?

100

This means "the dead" in Spanish.

¿Qué son los muertos?

100

This plain drink is always placed on the ofrenda.

¿Qué es agua?

100

Children carve these at Halloween.

Qué son calabazas?

100

This is the Spanish word for costume.

¿Qué es disfraz?


200

The Spanish word for chocolate

¿Qué es chocolate?

200

This is the place where the offerings to the dead are placed.

¿Qué es la ofrenda?

200

This round, festive bread is anise flavored and often has pink sugar sprinkles on top.

¿Qué es pan de muerto?

200

This kind of movie is a favorite at Halloween.

What are scary movies?

200

Children go trick or treating to get these.

¿Qué son dulces?

300

Many people don't like this triangle-shaped sweet.

What is candy corn?

300

The souls of little children who have passed away are called this.

¿Qué son angelitos?

300

The deceased person's favorite ___________are placed on the ofrenda.

What are foods and beverages?

300

Mexican people go here to hold vigils and wait for their deceased loved ones' return.

What is the cemetery?

¿Qué es el cementerio?

300

Sometimes children will do this instead of wearing masks.

What is paint their faces?

400

Apples wrapped in this are a popular treat at Halloween.

What is caramel?

400

This is the Spanish word for candles.

¿Qué son velas?

400

Taken out of pumpkins, these are often roasted and eaten at Halloween time.

What are (pumpkin) seeds?

400

El Día de los Muertos used to be a lot longer. It used to be this long.

What is 40 days?

400

The #1 costume this year.

What is Shrunken Head Bob?

500

This is the #1 Halloween candy

¿Qué son Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?

500

This word for marigolds comes from the Aztec language.

¿Qué son cempasuchiles?

500

This is a very traditional drink during October and November.

What is apple cider?

500

This kind of butterfly is associated with el Día de los Muertos.

What is monarch?

500

Teenage Mexican boys will wear these on the afternoon of November 2 and make noise with sticks to chase the souls of the dead back to the land of the dead.

¿Qué son máscaras?

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