aguinaldo

Examples

• All

• Every December, families gather to sing aguinaldo together in their neighborhood.

• Hearing an aguinaldo always reminds her of her childhood holidays in Puerto Rico.

• We sang a traditional aguinaldo at the family gathering.

• The children performed an aguinaldo for their parents.

• Every December, families gather to sing aguinaldo together in their neighborhood.

• The children practiced their favorite aguinaldo for the community Christmas celebration.

• Hearing an aguinaldo always reminds her of her childhood holidays in Puerto Rico.

Synonyms

C

carol

vsaguinaldo

601 2.3

A happy song that people sing at Christmas

is a seasonal song that may be traditional rather than explicitly religious

C

Christmas carol

vsaguinaldo

19 1.3

A joyful song sung at Christmas about the birth of Jesus

is a seasonal traditional song not necessarily focused on the religious story

V

villancico

vsaguinaldo

9.9

A traditional Spanish or Latin American song often sung at Christmas

is used in only certain Spanish speaking countries rather than widely across the region

Surface Forms

Etymology